Articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone

Cartilago articularis ossis carpi radialis

  • Cartilage
  • Front leg
  • Paired: left and right
  • Horse

About the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone of the horse

Articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone is a cartilage of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago articularis ossis carpi radialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone
Latin (NAV)
Cartilago articularis ossis carpi radialis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone

What is the Latin name of the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone is called Cartilago articularis ossis carpi radialis.
Where is the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone of the horse?
Articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone is a cartilage of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.

See the articular cartilage of the distal surface of the radial carpal bone inside the whole horse.

Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.

Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.

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