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.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting cattle. The disease causes spongy deterioration of the brain and spinal cord and leads to extreme behaviors that could otherwise classify the animal as having gone mad.