Proximal phalanx (long pastern)
Phalanx proximalis
The long pastern bone, below the fetlock joint.
About the proximal phalanx (long pastern) of the horse
Proximal phalanx (long pastern) 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 proximalis. 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
- Proximal phalanx (long pastern)
- Latin (NAV)
- Phalanx proximalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the proximal phalanx (long pastern)
- What is the Latin name of the proximal phalanx (long pastern)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the proximal phalanx (long pastern) is called Phalanx proximalis.
- Where is the proximal phalanx (long pastern) of the horse?
- Proximal phalanx (long pastern) is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the proximal phalanx (long 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.
