Lateral proximal sesamoid bone
Ossa sesamoidea proximalia
The two small bones behind the fetlock joint, set in the suspensory apparatus.
About the lateral proximal sesamoid bone of the horse
Lateral proximal sesamoid 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 Ossa sesamoidea proximalia. 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
- Lateral proximal sesamoid bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Ossa sesamoidea proximalia
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the lateral proximal sesamoid bone
- What is the Latin name of the lateral proximal sesamoid bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the lateral proximal sesamoid bone is called Ossa sesamoidea proximalia.
- Where is the lateral proximal sesamoid bone of the horse?
- Lateral proximal sesamoid bone is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the lateral proximal sesamoid 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.
