The wheels of your front-drive vehicle are connected to the transaxle via axles that have constant-velocity-type universal joints at each end. There is an inner and outer joint on the left and right axles.
The ox is a bovine. The definition of bovine is like an ox or cow, or slow or dull. An example of something bovine is a bovine statue, a statue of a cow. An example of something bovine is a bovine personality, a boring person.
A vine (Latin vÄ«nea grapevine, vineyard, from vÄ«num wine) in the narrowest sense is the grapevine (Vitis), but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems or runners.