Third tarsal bone
Os tarsale III
One of the distal row of tarsal bones, between the central tarsal bone and the metatarsus.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the third tarsal 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.
- Talus14%
- Metatarsal 3, left hind11%
- Os tarsale II11%
- Central tarsal bone10%
- Fourth tarsal bone3%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Third tarsal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os tarsale III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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