Third metacarpal (cannon)
Os metacarpale III
A bone of the metacarpus: the third is the cannon bone, the second and fourth the splint bones beside it.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Terminology
- English
- Third metacarpal (cannon)
- Latin (NAV)
- Os metacarpale III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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