Fused first and second tarsal bone
Os tarsale I et II
The first and second tarsal bones, fused into one on the inner face of the hock.
About the fused first and second tarsal bone of the horse
Fused first and second tarsal 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 Os tarsale I et II. 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
- Fused first and second tarsal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os tarsale I et II
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the fused first and second tarsal bone
- What is the Latin name of the fused first and second tarsal bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the fused first and second tarsal bone is called Os tarsale I et II.
- Where is the fused first and second tarsal bone of the horse?
- Fused first and second tarsal bone is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the fused first and second tarsal 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.
