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Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
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us. The Internal Deep Ligament is a small batch of fibres which be-comes attached to the astragalus. The Anterior Ligament.—This presents the form of a broad mem-branous or capsular ligament stretch-ing over the front of the true hock-joint. It is lined by synovial mem-brane, and is that portion of the ca^)-sule which bulges in what is termedbog-spavin. The anterior ligament is united to the lower part of thetibia above, it is attached below to the astragalus and the smallbones of the hock in front, and at the sides it blends with the lateralligaments. The Posterior Ligament is situated behind the joint, and is muchthicker than the anterior, having in its centre a quantitv cf fibro-cartilage,over which glides the perforans tendon in its course to th3 foot. Oneither side its fibres mix with those of the superficial lateral ligament,and in fioiit. whore it faces the joint, it is lined by synovial membrane.Abo^■c it is attached to the tibia, and below to the astragalus and calcaneus.
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External View of Hock-.Joint 1, Tibia. 2, Calcis. 3, Astragalus. 4, Os mag-num. 5, Os medium. 6, Cuboid. 7, Calcaneo-cuboid ligament. 8, Deep set of ligaments connect-ing one bone with another. 9, Large metatarsalbone. 10, Small metatarsal bone. DISKASKS OF THE JOINTS 279 The joints below the hock are the s<ame as those l)elo\v the knee,which have ah-eady been described in considering the articulations of thefore-limb. DISEASES OF THE JOINTS As we have elsewhere pointed out, joints vary very considerablv, notonly in their structure, but also in the purpose they serve. Some, as thoseby which the bones of the head are united, are fixed and immovable, whilethose of the extremities enjoy a considerable range of action, and upon theirliberty or freedom of movement depends the power of locomotion. Theformer are formed solely by two bones held together b) the interlocking oftheir serrated edges, while the latter comprise not only two or more boneswhose articular surfaces are encrusted wit

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