cannon bone

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cannon bone

A supporting bone of the leg in some hoofed mammals, analogous to the metacarpus of the hand or the metatarsus of the foot in humans.

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cannon bone

(Anatomy) a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals

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can′non bone`

the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed mammals, extending from the hock to the fetlock.

[1825–35; cannon in obsolete sense “tube”]

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cannon bone - greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals

cannon, shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

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He then had a further setback last August when it was discovered a steel weight-bearing pin in a cannon bone had broken, after which he suffered another serious blow two months later when he developed "mild laminitic changes in the left fore".

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All seemed to be going well until it was discovered on Monday evening that the steel weight-bearing pin in his cannon bone had broken.

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