Coffin bone
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coffin-bone-316-6631081
title:
Coffin bone
text:
The coffin bone, also known as the pedal bone (U.S.), is the distal phalanx, the bottommost bone in the front and rear legs of horses, cattle, pigs and other ruminants. It is encased by the hoof capsule. In horses and other odd-toed ungulates it is the third phalanx, or "P3"; in even-toed ungulates such as cattle, it is the third and fourth. The coffin bone meets the short pastern bone or second phalanx at the coffin joint. The coffin bone is connected to the inner wall of the horse hoof by a st
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wiki
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description:
Bone in the hoof of hoofed animals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_bone
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date modified:
2024-02-25T13:53:41Z
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13
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