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Diagram of Meat Cuts - Skeletal Diagram of Pork

This diagram shows the skeletal diagram of pork. It consists of:

• Tail Bones
• Sacrum
• Back Bones (lumbar vertebrae 1 to 6/7)
• Back Bones (thoracic vertebrae 1 to 14)
• Neck Bones (cervical vertebrae 1 to7)
• Atlas (1st cervical vertebra)
• Ear Dip
• Neck of Blade Bone
• Blade Bone (scapula)
• Wrist Joint (carpus)
• Foreshank Bones (radius)
• Arm Bone (humerus)
• Breast Bone (sternum)
• Rib Cartilage (costal cartilage)
• Pin Bone (ilium)
• Narrow Part of Hip Bone (shaft of ilium)
• Knuckle Bone (head of femur/acetabulum)
• Leg Bone (femur)
• Aitch Bone (ischium)
• Knee Cap (patella)
• Stifle Joint (tibio-femoral articulation)
• Hind Shank Bones (tibia)
• Tarsal Joint