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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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the foot-bone. Projecting backward from the inferior border behind are two bony processes, one on either side, termed aloe, or wings. Os Naviculare or Shuttle Bone (fig. 305).— The navicular bone is a small flattened bone, broad in the middle and tapering towards each extremity. It is situated in the hoof, below the os coronae and behind the os pedis, with both of which it articulates to form the coflin-joint. The great flexor tendon passes over its under surface, and between the two a synovial membrane exists to lubricate the surfaces of contact and facilitate movement. The anterior border articulates with the foot-bone, as already explained, and is connected below with the inferior navicular ligament. The posterior border affords attachment to the posterior navicular ligament. To the pointed extremities are attached lateral ligaments which unite the bone with the os pedis, the lateral cartilages, and the coronet bone. The navicular bone is the seat of that very common ailment, navicular disease.
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Fig. 307 Os Pedis (Side View). A Coronal Process. B Superior Border. C, D Basilar and Re-trossal Processes, forming one of the alae or wings. E Preplantar Fissure. F Facet for Insertion of the Extensor Pedis.
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