Fig. 11
From: Morphometric studies on the appendicular bony skeleton of the ostriches (Struthio Camelus)
A & B Photographs showing the dorsal and planter surface of the left tarsometatarsus bone of male Ostrich respectively, C proximal articular surface and D the distal articular surface of the left tarsometatarsus. 1. Proximal extremity. 2. Shaft. 3. Distal extremity. 4. Lateral cotyla. 5. Medial cotyla. 6. Intercotylar eminence. 7. Ligamentous sulcus. 8. Hypotarsus. 9. Dorsal infracotylar fossa. 10. Proximal vascular foramina. 11. Longitudinal extensor sulcus. 12. Crista tibialis cranialis. 13. Crista medianoplantaris. 14. Lateral flexor sulcus. 15. Medial flexor sulcus. 16. Lateral planter crest (Crista plantares lateralis). 17. Medial planter crest (Crista plantares medialis). 18. Fourth metatarsal articular trochlea (Lateral trochlea). 19. Third metatarsal articular trochlea (Medial trochlea). 20. Intertrochlear notch. 21. Distal interosseous canal