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Diagram of Meat Cuts - Beef Skeletal Diagram

This diagram shows the skeletal view of a piece of beef.

The Beef consists of:

• Tail Bones
• Sacrum
• Back Bones (lumbar vertebrae 1-6)
• Back Bones (thoracic vertebrae 1-13)
• Neck Bones (cervical vertebrae)
• Atlas Joint (1st cervical vertebra)
• Carpal Joint
• Foreshank Bones (radius)
• Arm Bone (humerus)
• Elbow Joint
• Blade Bone (scapula)
• Elbow Bone (ulna)
• Shoulder Joint
• Ridge of Blade Bone
• Breast Bone (sternum)
• Blade Bone Cartilage
• Ribs 1-13
• Rib Cartilage
• Pin Bone (ilium)
• Rump Knuckle Bone (head of femur/acetabulum)
• Flank Lymph Node (prefemoral)
• Aitch Bone (ischium)
• Leg Bone (femur)
• Knee Cap (patella)
• Stifle Joint (tibio-femoral articulation)
• Hind Shank Bone (tibia)
• Tarsal Joint