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.
1 A Calf is a general term of a young bovine that has been born from a first-calf heifer or cow and has not been weaned or has not reached sexual or adult maturity yet.  Cows are mature female bovines that have had at least 2 calves. So, essentially, yes, the word cow specifically refers to one sex only: FEMALE. However, the term cow is used so often that it has lost it's specific meaning and to most people, it is a colloquial and ambiguous term that refers to all bovines, no matter what sex, age or breed they are. The more proper terms to call a bovine of unknown age or sex is a Cattle-Beast, Animal, Bovine, Critter, etc.