Pastern Synonyms

păstərn
The part between the fetlock and the hoof
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fetter bone

Words Related to Pastern

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hindquarter
  2. foreleg
  3. fetlock
  4. fore-legs
  5. angulate
  6. humerus
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Pastern Sentence Examples

  • Part of foreleg extending from elbow to pastern.

  • The single digit consists of a moderate-sized proximal (os suffraginis, or large pastern), a short middle (os coronae, or small pastern), and a wide, semi-lunar, ungual phalanx (os pedis, or coffin bone).

  • The carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist of man, is commonly called the " knee " of the horse, the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalanx the " fetlock," that between the first and second phalanges the " pastern," and that between the second and third phalanges the " coffin joint."

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