Ox The axis is the longest of the vertebrae. Like the atlas, it is an atypical vertebra. It is also called vertebra dentata due to a tooth-like process called dens present on the anterior aspect of the centrum. The anterior articular processes are absent The body of the axis is the longest. The anterior end […]
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 of sheep and goat is same as Ox Horse Compared with corresponding phalanges of the pectoral limb, the first phalanx is a little short, wider above and narrower below; the second is slightly longer and
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
