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

Bony pelvis or bones of hip consist of sacrum, 1st three coccygeal vertebrae and two Os-coxae. Each formed by the ilium, ischium and pubis

Os Coxae of Animals The Os Coxae of animals is also known as hip bone. different animals bear different type of hip bone, that are described below- Os Coxae of Ox The os coxae or hip bone consists of three flat bones, ilium, ischium and pubis, which fuse together to form the acetabulum. the ilium extends from the acetabulum upwards forming the lateral wall

The distal sesamoid of forelimb in ox is otherwise called as os navicularis. Sesamoid bones are absent in case of fowl.

Proximal sesamoids of forelimbs are situated behind the distal extremity of the large metacarpal and leverage to the flexors of the digits.

Phalanges of forelimb in ox is a long bone placed obliquely downward and forward between the large metacarpal above and the second phalanx below.