Horse Leg Bones A Hole in the Design Argument

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by Dr. Don DeYoung
February 24, 2010

The sight of a galloping horse is a thing of beauty. Its bones and muscles awe equine lovers of all ages. But on closer inspection, there seems to be a terrible flaw at the point of greatest stress—a hole in its shin.

Horses have a small bone just below their front knees called the third metacarpal, or shin bone, which supports their whole weight even when galloping. Only about the thickness of a human wrist, the bone must endure a lot of stress without fracturing. To make matters worse, a pea-sized hole, called a foramen, cuts through the small bone to make room for blood vessels. In manmade structures, similar holes are a frequent source of weakness and failure. So at first glance, horse legs appear to be poorly designed.

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