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Figure 6-16 • Projectional variation. Another ventrodorsal projection, with increased obliquity, makes the radius appear nearly straight and
the ulna uniformly bowed.

Figure 6-17 • Lateral projection of the carpus and metacarpus (carpometacarpus) of an eagle shows (1) the distal radius and ulna on the
right edge, (2) the superimposed radial and ulnar carpal bones in the upper right corner, (3) the greater and lesser metacarpal bones
situated diagonally across the image, (4) the stubby first digit protruding from the proximal metacarpal tubercle at the top right center, and

(5) the second and third digits in the lower left corner.

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