Transverse process

Parietal b. Spinous process Wing of ilium 1st caudal vertebra

Nuchal crest Spine of scapula Sacrum
Temporal b.
Scapular cartilage L6 Ischium
Frontal b. Occipital b. T13 L1
T1 Scapula
Zygomatic arch Atlas (C1)
Axis (C2) Ischiatic tuber
Zygomatic b.
C7
Lacrimal b.
Nasal b. Greater trochanter
Coxal tuber
Maxilla Body of ilium Pubis
Infraorbital 13th rib
foramen
Palatine b. Femur
6th
Incisive b.
Rib
Acromion
Mandible 1st rib Patella
Lateral epicondyle
Mental foramen Supraglenoid tubercle
Facial tuber
Greater tubercle Lateral condyle of tibia
and head of fibula
Costal cartilage
Humerus Tibia
Olecranon tuber Calcaneal tuber
Manubrium of sternum
Xiphoid process
Ulna Calcaneus
Talus
Body of sternum Lateral malleolus
Radius Trochlea of radius Fused central and (distal end of fibula)
Accessory carpal b. 4th tarsal b.
1st tarsal b.
Radial carpal b. Fused 2nd & 3rd Fused central
Intermediate carpal b. tarsal b. and 4th tarsal b.
Ulnar carpal b. 4th carpal b. Fused 2nd & 3rd
2nd metatarsal b.
Fused 2nd & 3rd carpal b. tarsal b. Fused 3rd & 4th
Fused 2nd & 3rd carpal b.
4th carpal b. metatarsal b.
Proximal sesamoid b.
5th metacarpal b.
Proximal phalanx
Fused 3rd & 4th metacarpal b.
Middle phalanx

Distal sesamoid b.
Distal phalanx

Figure 4-2. Skeleton of the ox. (Adapted with permission of Wiley-Blackwell from Spurgeon’s Color Atlas of Large Animal Medicine. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
1999, p. 35.)