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Cannon bone   /kˈænən boʊn/   Listen
Cannon bone

noun
1.
Greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals.





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"Cannon bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... called the knee of a horse is its wrist. The "cannon bone" answers to the middle bone of the five metacarpal bones, which support the palm of the hand in ourselves. The "pastern," "coronary," and "coffin" bones of veterinarians answer to the joints of our middle fingers, while the hoof ...
— Lectures and Essays • Thomas Henry Huxley
... commonly called the knee of a horse is its wrist. The "cannon bone" answers to the middle bone of the five metacarpal bones, which support the palm of the hand in ourselves. The "pastern," "coronary," and "coffin" bones of veterinarians answer to the joints of our middle ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer • Various
... grinding-teeth on each side of each jaw; while the canine is moved up to the outer incisor, and there is a diastema, in the lower jaw. There are four complete toes on the hind foot, but the middle metatarsals usually become, sooner or later, ankylosed into a cannon bone. The navicular and the cuboid unite, and the distal end of the fibula is ankylosed ...
— Critiques and Addresses • Thomas Henry Huxley


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