cannon bone in English

noun
1
a long, tube-shaped bone in the lower leg of a horse or other large quadruped, between the fetlock and the knee or hock.
Mirage, suffering a fracture to his cannon bone and fetlock joint, was euthanized.

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1. One involving a Condyle, most commonly distal humerus or femur in small animals and distal cannon bone in horses.

2. Signs of Bucked shins include: Pain to the touch (front of the cannon bone) Swelling, which is first soft and then hard

3. ‘The Carpus of Archaeopteryx is represented as having three carpal elements, but it has four.’ ‘Starting at the ground surface of the foot, an imaginary dot is placed on the toe, coronary band, fetlock, top of cannon bone, Carpus, top of Carpus and top of forearm.’

4. ‘The Carpus of Archaeopteryx is represented as having three carpal elements, but it has four.’ ‘Starting at the ground surface of the foot, an imaginary dot is placed on the toe, coronary band, fetlock, top of cannon bone, Carpus, top of Carpus and top of forearm.’