Third carpal bone, dorsal part (left)
Os carpale III
One of the bones of the lower row of the carpus, between the upper row and the metacarpus.
About the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) of the horse
Third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) 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 carpale III. 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
- Third carpal bone, dorsal part (left)
- Latin (NAV)
- Os carpale III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left)
- What is the Latin name of the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) is called Os carpale III.
- Where is the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) of the horse?
- Third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the third carpal bone, dorsal part (left) 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.
