Articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale

Cartilago articularis

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

The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.

About the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale of the horse

Articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale 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. 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.

Where it runs from and to

What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.

Origin
The joint surfaces of the bones.
Action
The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.

Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.

Terminology

English
Articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale
Latin (NAV)
Cartilago articularis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale

What is the Latin name of the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale is called Cartilago articularis.
Where is the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale of the horse?
Articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale is a cartilage of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.

See the articular cartilage of the os sesamoideum distale 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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