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Frog
Radio-ulna, a frog's radius and ulna are fused into one bone,
separate radius and ulna in the forelimb, the bones are fused
into a single radioulna.
Horse
- cannon bone MC III, cannon bone is a weight-bearing bone in the lower leg and stretches
from the knee joint to the fetlock joint.
- Long pastern - connects the cannon bone to the short pastern
- Short pastern - connects the long pattern bone to the coffin bone
-Coffin bone- is foot bone.
Special Name:
Pygostyle, a triangular plate formed of the fused caudal vertebrae, typically supporting the
tail feathers.
Urostyle, a long bone formed from fused vertebrae at the base of the vertebral column in
some lower vertebrates, especially frogs and toads.
Keel/ Carina, is an extension of the sternum
Atlas, the essentials of the dog (skeleton, joints, muscles, parts and region of the body)
Axis, C1 C2
Synsacrum, is a unit formed by the fusion of the posterior thoracic, lumbar, and sacral
vertebrae.
Innominate bone, the bone formed from the fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis; the
hipbone.
Acetabulum, the socket of the hipbone, into which the head of the femur fits
Olecranon, the bony prominence of the elbow, on the upper end of the ulna.
Toe arrangements:
Zygodactyl, having two toes pointing forward and two backward.
Anisodactyl, having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed
forwards.
Syndactyl, An animal, especially a bird or mammal, that has two or more fused digits.
adjective. also syn·dac·ty·lo
Polydactyl, having many or several digits. having more than the normal number of fingers or
toes
Stances:
Plantigrade, (of a mammal) walking on the soles of the feet, like a human or a bear.
Digitigrade, (of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as
a dog, cat, or rodent.
Ungulograde, Applied to a gait in which only the tips of the digits, covered with hoofs, touch
the ground