I’ve seen plenty of regular mounts, and I’ve seen panel mounts where the bones are laid out on the ground as they may have been when they were found. And I’ve seen photos of the bizarre everted-elbowed Diplodocus in St. Petersburg. But never an exhibit like this, with the rib-...
Joints are places where two or more bones meet. These bones do not magically fit together like an anatomical puzzle but are, rather, fused with a variety of cartilaginous structures known asligaments. There are also muscles andtendonsinvolved in the joining of bones. Joints can move in many ...
The knee of the horse is made of several small bones. Although it is called the knee and bends forward like a human knee it is different in structure to a human knee. A human’s knee joint is a hinge joint. A horse’s knee is several bones held together by small muscles, tendons, ...