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The "arm" would be the foreleg, which begins at the elbow (equivalent to the human elbow), and ends at the dewclaws.

The "shoulder" in a cow is also known as the shoulder. The point of shoulder is just above the brisket and where the neck begins. The withers is the top part of the shoulder, between the back and the crest of the neck.

The "foot" of a cow is known as the hoof. However, the hoof is actually equivalent to the toe in a human, not the actual foot. In regards to the structural anatomy of a cow in comparison to the foot of a human (from the ankles down to the heel and straight to the toes), things get really complicated. The hock of a cow is actually equivalent to the human heel. The cannon bone in a cow (from the knee to the pasterns or hocks to pasterns in the foreleg and hindleg, respectively) is equivalent to the metatarsuls bones that are found in our foot, which are bones that start from the heel and end at the balls of our feet. The fetlock joint is equivalent to the ball of the foot on a human. The pastern and coffin bones are equivalent to the bones that starts at the ball of the foot and ends right before the end of our toes. Finally, the toe portion of our foot (including the nail) is equivalent to the hoof on a cow.

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