Metacarpal 3, left fore
Os metacarpale III
A base at the carpus, a shaft, and a head with a sagittal ridge and two palmar sesamoid bones at the fetlock.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the metacarpal 3, left fore 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.
- Metacarpal 4, left fore16%
- Os carpale III17%
- Proximal phalanx, digit 3, left fore14%
- Os metacarpale II3%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Metacarpal 3, left fore
- Latin (NAV)
- Os metacarpale III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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