Equine anatomy - Illustrated atlas of the bones of the horse

Equine anatomy - Illustrated atlas of the bones of the horse

Equine anatomy - Illustrated atlas of the bones of the horse

  • Antoine Micheau, MD , Denis HOA, MD , Susanne AEB Boroffka, PhD - dipl. ECVDI
    • Antoine Micheau, MD : 2 Allée Charles Darwin, 34170 Castelnau-le-lez
    • Denis HOA, MD : 2 Allée Charles Darwin, 34170 Castelnau-le-lez
    • Susanne AEB Boroffka, PhD - dipl. ECVDI : 2 Allée Charles Darwin, 34170 Castelnau-le-lez
  • Publication date: May 25, 2017 | Last update: Mar 18, 2025
  • https://doi.org/10.37019/vet-anatomy/482659 ISSN 2534-5087

This module of vet-Anatomy presents 141 labeled anatomical illustrations of the osteology of the horse, specially illustrated and selected for veterinary students and equine veterinarians.

All illustrations of the equine osteology in this atlas of veterinary anatomy are original content created by Antoine Micheau - MD and are under the copyright of IMAIOS. 

Sources and bibliography for text and illustrations:

  • Anatomy of the Horse, An illustrated text. Sixth Edition by Klaus Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Aaron Horowitz, Rolf Berg (ISBN: 9783899936667) 
  • Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic Mammals. Textbook and Colour Atlas. Edited by: Horst Erich König. Veterinarmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
  • Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature.  Oskar Schaller, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2007
  • Ostéologie Comparée des Carnivores Domestiques, des Equidés et des Bovins. Unité d'Anatomie de l'E.N.V.A. http://theses.vet-alfort.fr/Th_multimedia/mraffaelli/
  • Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum http://www.onlineveterinaryanatomy.net/
  • Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere für Künstler (hosted by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections) https://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/science/vetanatimgs/
  • Archéozoothèque https://www.archeozoo.org/archeozootheque/
  • The Equine Distal Limb. An Atlas of Clinical Anatomy and Comparative Imaging 2014. Edited by Jean-Marie Denoix, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 
  • Essentials of Clinical Anatomy of the Equine Locomotor System 2019. Edited by Jean- Marie Denoix, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

 

vet-Anatomy: Atlas of equine anatomy: osteology of the horse (skeleton, thoracic and pelvic limbs)
vet-Anatomy: Atlas of equine anatomy: osteology of the horse (skeleton, thoracic and pelvic limbs)

 

Horse - Bones of the cranium (Occipital bone, Temporal bone, Parietal bone...)
Horse - Bones of the cranium (Occipital bone, Temporal bone, Parietal bone...)

 

Horse-Osteology: Cranium, Sutures of the head
Horse-Osteology: Cranium, Sutures of the head

 

Vertebral column (Labeled atlas of veterinary anatomy: equine osteology on illustrations)
Vertebral column (Labeled atlas of veterinary anatomy: equine osteology on illustrations)

 

Horse-Anatomy atlas: Vertebra C6
Horse-Anatomy atlas: Vertebra C6

 

Sacrum [Sacral vertebrae]- (Horse (Dorsal view)
Sacrum [Sacral vertebrae]- (Horse (Dorsal view)

 

Horse - Skeletal system: Thoracic skeleton, Ribs, Costal cartilage, Sternum
Horse - Skeletal system: Thoracic skeleton, Ribs, Costal cartilage, Sternum

 

Sternum-Veterinary anatomy (Horse):Manubrium of sternum, Cartilage of manubrium, Sternebrae, Xiphoid process
Sternum-Veterinary anatomy (Horse):Manubrium of sternum, Cartilage of manubrium, Sternebrae, Xiphoid process

 

Bones of the thoracic limb - Horse: Humerus
Bones of the thoracic limb - Horse: Humerus

 

Radius/Ulna (Horse): Olecranon tuber,  Styloid process, Antebrachial interosseous space
Radius/Ulna (Horse)

 

Horse-Veterinary anatomy: Carpal bones
Horse-Veterinary anatomy: Carpal bones

 

Horse - Digital bones of the hand: Proximal phalanx [Long pastern bone], Middle phalanx [Short pastern bone], Distal phalanx [Unguicular bone, Ungual bone], Medial ungular cartilage, Distal sesamoid bone
Horse - Digital bones of the hand: Proximal phalanx [Long pastern bone], Middle phalanx [Short pastern bone], Distal phalanx [Unguicular bone, Ungual bone], Medial ungular cartilage, Distal sesamoid bone

 

Horse - Coxal bone: Acetabulum, Ilium, Ischium, Pubis
Horse - Coxal bone: Acetabulum, Ilium, Ischium, Pubis

 

Veterinary anatomy - Thigh bone [Femur] (Horse): Head of femur,  Greater trochanter, Third trochanter, Trochlea of femur, Lateral condyle
Veterinary anatomy - Thigh bone [Femur] (Horse)

 

Horse: Tibia-Fibula
Horse: Tibia-Fibula

 

Horse - Skeleton of the leg - Skeleton of the pes: Tarsal bones,  Talus, Calcaneus, Metatarsal I, Proximal sesamoid bone
Horse - Skeleton of the leg - Skeleton of the pes
vet-Anatomy: Atlas of equine anatomy: osteology of the horse (skeleton, thoracic and pelvic limbs)
vet
Horse - Bones of the cranium (Occipital bone, Temporal bone, Parietal bone...)
Horse
Horse-Osteology: Cranium, Sutures of the head
Horse
Vertebral column (Labeled atlas of veterinary anatomy: equine osteology on illustrations)
Vertebral column (Labeled atlas of veterinary anatomy: equine osteology on illustrations)
Horse-Anatomy atlas: Vertebra C6
Horse
Sacrum [Sacral vertebrae]- (Horse (Dorsal view)
Sacrum [Sacral vertebrae]
Horse - Skeletal system: Thoracic skeleton, Ribs, Costal cartilage, Sternum
Horse
Sternum-Veterinary anatomy (Horse):Manubrium of sternum, Cartilage of manubrium, Sternebrae, Xiphoid process
Sternum
Bones of the thoracic limb - Horse: Humerus
Bones of the thoracic limb
Radius/Ulna (Horse): Olecranon tuber,  Styloid process, Antebrachial interosseous space
Radius/Ulna (Horse)
Horse-Veterinary anatomy: Carpal bones
Horse
Horse - Digital bones of the hand: Proximal phalanx [Long pastern bone], Middle phalanx [Short pastern bone], Distal phalanx [Unguicular bone, Ungual bone], Medial ungular cartilage, Distal sesamoid bone
Horse
Horse - Coxal bone: Acetabulum, Ilium, Ischium, Pubis
Horse
Veterinary anatomy - Thigh bone [Femur] (Horse): Head of femur,  Greater trochanter, Third trochanter, Trochlea of femur, Lateral condyle
Veterinary anatomy
Horse: Tibia-Fibula
Horse: Tibia
Horse - Skeleton of the leg - Skeleton of the pes: Tarsal bones,  Talus, Calcaneus, Metatarsal I, Proximal sesamoid bone
Horse

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