Distal phalanx (coffin bone)
Phalanx distalis
The coffin bone, inside the hoof.
About the distal phalanx (coffin bone) of the horse
Distal phalanx (coffin bone) is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Phalanx distalis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the back leg of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Distal phalanx (coffin bone)
- Latin (NAV)
- Phalanx distalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the distal phalanx (coffin bone)
- What is the Latin name of the distal phalanx (coffin bone)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the distal phalanx (coffin bone) is called Phalanx distalis.
- Where is the distal phalanx (coffin bone) of the horse?
- Distal phalanx (coffin bone) is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the distal phalanx (coffin 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.
