1. Femu . 2. Tibia. 3. Pa ella. 4. Pa ella ligamen . 5. Caudal (pos e io ) c ucia e
ligamen . 6. C anial (an e io ) c ucia e ligamen .
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This is a mid-sagi al sec ion o he knee join . I is a complex join , in ol ing he
emu , ibia, and pa ella, which is subdi ided in o a emo o ibial and a
pa ello emo al join . The compac and spongy o abecula bone o he emu
and ibia is e y well depic ed. The bone ma ow is dis ibu ed among he
abecula bone. Be ween he emu and he ibia a e he c ucia e ligamen s
(an e io and pos e io ). Toge he wi h he menisci (no p esen in he image)
a e essen ial o keeping he s abili y o he join . In he join be ween he emu
and pa ella, he a icula ca ilage can be obse ed.
This specimen shows a dissec ion o he muscles loca ed in he leg o a sheep. Muscles
ex end om he knee egion o he digi s, he e o e p oducing lexo and ex ension
mo emen s o he knee join , as well as he a sal and digi al join s. Flexo muscles o
he a sus a e posi ioned in he an e io (c anial) pa o he specimen, whe eas hei
opponen ex enso a sal muscles a e in he pos e io (caudal) pa . The common
calcaneal endon (Achilles endon) is a ele an landma k o his specimen.
Muscles a e a ached p oximally o he emu and ibia, mainly. Dis ally he leg muscles
ha e long and s ong endons which e mina e in he a sal, me a a sal o phalangeal bones.
BOVINE ELBOW JOINT
TRANSPARENT SECTION OF THE KNEE JOINT
OVINE LEG MUSCLES
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11. Hume us. 2. Radius. 3. Ulna. 4. Calcaneal ube osi y. 5. La e al colla e al
ligamen . 6. Medial colla e al ligamen .
1. Femu 2. Pa ella ligamen . 3. M. quad iceps emo is. 4. La e al colla e al Ligamen . 5. Ex enso a sal
muscles. 6. M. Flexo di ialis la e alis (Flexo a sal muscle). 7. M. gas ocnemius. 8. Common calcaneal
endon (Achilles endon). 9. Digi al ex enso endons. 10. Digi al lexo endons. 11. Common pe oneal
ne e. 12. Plan a amus o ibial ne e
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This is a mid-sagi al sec ion o he knee join . I is a complex join , in ol ing he emu ,
ibia, and pa ella, which is subdi ided in o a emo o ibial and a pa ello emo al join .
The compac and spongy o abecula bone o he emu and ibia is e y well depic ed.
The bone ma ow is dis ibu ed among he abecula bone. Be ween he emu and he
ibia a e he c ucia e ligamen s (an e io and pos e io ). Toge he wi h he menisci (no
p esen in he image) a e essen ial o keeping he s abili y o he join . In he join
be ween he emu and pa ella, he a icula ca ilage can be obse ed.
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