Radiale carpal bone
Os carpi radiale
The medial bone of the upper row of the carpus.
About the radiale carpal bone of the horse
Radiale carpal bone is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os carpi radiale. 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
- Radiale carpal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os carpi radiale
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the radiale carpal bone
- What is the Latin name of the radiale carpal bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the radiale carpal bone is called Os carpi radiale.
- Where is the radiale carpal bone of the horse?
- Radiale carpal bone is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the radiale carpal 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.
