Distal sesamoid (navicular)
Os sesamoideum distale
The navicular bone, behind the coffin joint, over which the deep flexor tendon runs.
About the distal sesamoid (navicular) of the horse
Distal sesamoid (navicular) is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os sesamoideum distale. 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 sesamoid (navicular)
- Latin (NAV)
- Os sesamoideum distale
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the distal sesamoid (navicular)
- What is the Latin name of the distal sesamoid (navicular)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the distal sesamoid (navicular) is called Os sesamoideum distale.
- Where is the distal sesamoid (navicular) of the horse?
- Distal sesamoid (navicular) is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the distal sesamoid (navicular) 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.
