Knuckle
Code 2462
Cut Description
This cut is located in the
fore part of the femoral
region, bordering cranially
on the tail of rump,
caudally and laterally on
the outside, internally
on the topside and in the
dorsal area on the rump.
Skeletal Components:
IT COMPRISES THE ILIUM, FEMUR AND PATELLA.
IT COMPRISES THE ILIUM, FEMUR AND PATELLA.
Muscular Component:
IT CONSISTS OF THE M. RECTUS FEMORIS, M. VASTUS MEDIALIS, M. VASTUS LATERALIS AND M. VASTUS INTERMEDIUS, WHICH JOINTLY MAKE UP THE M. CUADRICEPS FEMORIS.
IT CONSISTS OF THE M. RECTUS FEMORIS, M. VASTUS MEDIALIS, M. VASTUS LATERALIS AND M. VASTUS INTERMEDIUS, WHICH JOINTLY MAKE UP THE M. CUADRICEPS FEMORIS.
Processing:
THIS CUT MAY BE PREPARED FROM A BONE IN ROUND (ITEM 1007). THE TAIL OF RUMP (M. TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE), WHEN ADHERED TO THE ROUND, IS REMOVED BY CUTTING THROUGH THE NATURAL SEAMS. OUTSIDE AND TOPSIDE ARE SEPARATED ALSO BY CUTTING THROUGH THE INTERMUSCULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE. BONES ARE REMOVED AFTER SEVERING THE MUSCLE ATTACHMENTS TO THE ILIUM, FEMUR AND PATELLA.
THIS CUT MAY BE PREPARED FROM A BONE IN ROUND (ITEM 1007). THE TAIL OF RUMP (M. TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE), WHEN ADHERED TO THE ROUND, IS REMOVED BY CUTTING THROUGH THE NATURAL SEAMS. OUTSIDE AND TOPSIDE ARE SEPARATED ALSO BY CUTTING THROUGH THE INTERMUSCULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE. BONES ARE REMOVED AFTER SEVERING THE MUSCLE ATTACHMENTS TO THE ILIUM, FEMUR AND PATELLA.
