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COFFIN BONE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

[The pedal bone] is so porous in structure as to resemble pumice stone in appearance and density.

DEF

the terminal phalanx in the foot of a horse, enclosed in the hoof. Shaped rather like the hoof itself, it in fact occupies only a relatively small proportion of the interior, at the front and sides.

OBS

The plural of "phalanx" is "phalanxes" or "phalanges."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

[...] la troisième [phalange] forme l'os du pied, qui inclut la couronne et le sabot, et se complète par le petit sésamoïde. L'os du pied est très poreux, garni de nombreux vaisseaux sanguins et, partant, très délicat.

CONT

[...] l'os du pied [...] a la forme du sabot [...]

OBS

Criblé(e) de petits orifices laissant passer des vaisseaux sanguins et des filaments nerveux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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