Knee (Carpus): skeletal and superficial anatomy

Knee (Carpus) Anatomy of the Horse

Introduction

The knee of the horse is called the carpus and really has no similarity to the human knee at all. In fact the analogous structure in the human is the wrist. This article contains diagrams and descriptions of the knee.

                       
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