Cervical vertebrae
The cervical vertebrae form the skeleton of the neck. In the ox, horse and dog there are 7 cervical vertebrae
The cervical vertebrae form the skeleton of the neck. In the ox, horse and dog there are 7 cervical vertebrae
The vertebral column as a whole may be divided for description into five regions – cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal.
Axial Skeleton of Domestic animals consists of the skull, the vertebral column, ribs and sternum
Ox Digits of Hindlimb of Ox is Resemble those of the forelimb very closely Sheep and Goat Digits of hindlimb
The metatarsus has two bones -the large (third and fourth) and the medial small (second) metatarsal bones
The tarsal bones of ox is composed of five short bones – astragalus, os calcis, scapho-cuboid, cuneiform parvum and cuneiform magnum.
The fibula bone of Ox is a rudimentary bone. The head is fused to the tibia and is continued below by a small shaft.
The tibia bone of ox is a long bone placed obliquely downward and backward between the stifle and the hock joints. It consists of a shaft and two extremities
Patella bone of ox is a large sesamoid bone placed on and articulating with the trochlea of the femur.
The femur, the most massive of the long bones, extends obliquely downward and forward between the hip and the stifle joints. It consists of a shaft and two extremities