Middle phalanx (short pastern)
Phalanx media
The short pastern bone, between the pastern and coffin joints.
About the middle phalanx (short pastern) of the horse
Middle phalanx (short pastern) is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Phalanx media. 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.
Terminology
- English
- Middle phalanx (short pastern)
- Latin (NAV)
- Phalanx media
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the middle phalanx (short pastern)
- What is the Latin name of the middle phalanx (short pastern)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the middle phalanx (short pastern) is called Phalanx media.
- Where is the middle phalanx (short pastern) of the horse?
- Middle phalanx (short pastern) is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the middle phalanx (short pastern) 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.
