Horse Skeleton

- Mandible – location of temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
- Cervical spine (7 cervical vertebrae)
- Thoracic spine (18 thoracic vertebrae)*
- Lumbar spine (6 lumbar vertebrae)**
- Sacral spine (5 fused sacral vertebrae)
- Coccyx (18-21 coccygeal vertebrae)***
- Point of croup
- Ilium (part of pelvis)
- Ischium (part of pelvis)
- Femur
- Patella (stifle)
- Fibula
- Tibia
- Tarsal bones (hock)
- Fourth metatarsal (splint bone)
- Third metatarsal (cannon bone)
- Proximal sesamoid bone
- First phalanx (long pastern)
- Second phalanx (short pastern)
- Navicular bone
- Coffin bone
- N/A
- Scapula (shoulder bone)
- Humerus
- Ulna
- Radius
- Carpal bones
- 4th metacarpal (splint bone)
- 3rd metacarpal (cannon bone)
- Proximal sesamoid bone
- 1st phalanx (long pastern)
- 2nd phalanx (short pastern)
- Navicular bone
- Coffin bone
*There are 16-17 thoracic vertebrae in the Arabian horse skeleton
**There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the Arabian horse skeleton
***There are fewer tailbones in the Arabian horse skeleton

