Tarsal bone
Os tarsi
About the tarsal bone of the pig
Tarsal bone is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os tarsi. 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.
Terminology
- English
- Tarsal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os tarsi
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the tarsal bone
- What is the Latin name of the tarsal bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the tarsal bone is called Os tarsi.
- Where is the tarsal bone of the pig?
- Tarsal bone is a bone of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the tarsal bone 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.
