Thoracic vertebrae are 13 in number in Ox and the characteristic features of these vertebrae are the great development of neural spines, the presence of capitular facets on the body and tubercular facets on the transverse processes for articulation with the ribs
Ox The bodies of these vertebrae are long. But the length decreases from 3rd to 7th. The ventral surface presents
Ox The axis is the longest of the vertebrae. Like the atlas, it is an atypical vertebra. It is also
Atlas cervical vertebra is atypical in form and structure. The body and spinous processes are absent. It has the form of a ring from which two curved plates, the wings project laterally
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.
