Fourth carpal bone
Os carpale IV
One of the distal row of carpal bones, between the proximal row and the metacarpus.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the fourth carpal bone 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.
- Ulnar carpal bone28%
- Intermedioradial carpal bone22%
- Radius5%
- Metacarpal 5, left fore25%
- Metacarpal 4, left fore18%
- Os carpale II et III15%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Fourth carpal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os carpale IV
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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