What are other names for the coffin bone?

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What are other names for the coffin bone?

The coffin bone is the distal phalanx, the last bone in the horse’s toe. It’s also known as the third phalanx (often abbreviated P3) and the pedal bone. These names all refer to the same bone inside the hoof. Proximal phalanx is a different bone closer to the fetlock, so it isn’t the coffin bone. The navicular bone is a separate, smaller bone located behind P3, not the coffin bone itself. The metacarpal bone is the long cannon bone in the leg, far from the hoof’s interior.

The coffin bone is the distal phalanx, the last bone in the horse’s toe. It’s also known as the third phalanx (often abbreviated P3) and the pedal bone. These names all refer to the same bone inside the hoof. Proximal phalanx is a different bone closer to the fetlock, so it isn’t the coffin bone. The navicular bone is a separate, smaller bone located behind P3, not the coffin bone itself. The metacarpal bone is the long cannon bone in the leg, far from the hoof’s interior.

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