Talus
Carries the trochlea that the tibia rocks on, which is the hinge of the hock.
About the talus of the pig
Talus is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. You can turn it above, see it in place in the back leg of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Measured on the specimen
What the talus 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.
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Talus
- Latin (NAV)
- Talus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The talus in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the talus
- Where is the talus of the pig?
- Talus is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the talus inside the whole pig.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig 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.
