Equine Foot

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

Answer 2

Question 3

Distal sesamoidean ligament

Answer 3

Connects distal part of navicular bone to P3

Question 4

Navicular suspensory ligament

Answer 4

Also called collateral sesamoidean ligament, suspends navicular bone from distal extremity of P1

Question 5

Three layers of the hoof wall

Answer 5

Stratum externum: thin layer of horn originating from periople

Stratum medium: main supportive element, solid rods of horn orientated parallel to outer hoof surface, produced by stratum basale and spinosum at level of coronary groove

Stratum internum: hundres of keratinized primary laminae, 1-200 secondary laminae extend from them, interdigitate with laminae extending from corium