Carpal bones II and III
Os carpale II et III
One bone in this specimen where the second and third carpal bones are separate in life; it lies between the first and fourth carpal bones and carries the second and third metacarpals.
About the carpal bones ii and iii of the cat
Carpal bones II and III 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 II et III. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the cat, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Measured on the specimen
What the carpal bones ii and iii is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- First carpal bone49%
- Metacarpal 4, left fore18%
- Intermedioradial carpal bone14%
- Fourth carpal bone15%
- Metacarpal 3, left fore17%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Carpal bones II and III
- Latin (NAV)
- Os carpale II et III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the carpal bones ii and iii
- What is the Latin name of the carpal bones ii and iii?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the carpal bones ii and iii is called Os carpale II et III.
- Where is the carpal bones ii and iii of the cat?
- Carpal bones II and III is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the carpal bones ii and iii inside the whole cat.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the cat 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.
