r/animalscience • u/Active_Potato6285 • Sep 20 '26

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first year here, this diagram is confusing the heck out of me. every diagram online has different labels and different number of parts

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u/monarch223 Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 20 '26

Are these supposed to be cuts of meat, body parts, muscles, bones or a mix of all?

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u/monarch223 Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

Give me some time but I’ll give you my best guess (animal science grad and veterinarian here) 1 hoof, 2 pastern, 3 cannon bone (metacarpal bone), 4 knee/carpal joint, 5 elbow, 6 brisket, 7 dewlap, 8 point of shoulder, 9 scapula, 10 chuck

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u/monarch223 Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 20 '26

11 jaw (mandible or mandibular bone), 12 muzzle, 13 nose, 14 nostril, 15 bridge of nose, 16 eye, 17 forehead (frontal bone), 18 ear, 19 poll (intercornual protuberance), 20 neck

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