Equine Limb QUIZ Flashcards
T/F: The dorsal gluteal muscles are an appropriate site for intramuscular injections.
False
T/F: The hock has four separate joints and the carpus has three
True
T/F: Navicular disease is an acute process that usually heals within a few days.
False
What joint in the horse is most comparable to the human “wrist”?
1. Pastern
2. Carpus
3. Tarsus
4. Fetlock
- Carpus
T/F: Nail punctures in the area of the frog of the hoof generally have a better prognosis for recovery than punctures in the sole area.
False
- A, B, C, D, E, & F.
- Joints between…
D & F; A & C; C & D - What tendon runs around Bone B and attaches to Bone A?
A. P3, coffin bone
B. Navicular bone
C. P2, Short pastern bone
D. P1, Long pastern bone
E. Sesamoids
F. Cannon bone, Metacarpal/tarsal 3
D&F: Fetlock
A&C: Coffin joint
C&D: Pastern
Tendon: Deep digital flexor
1-5
Word bank:
- Sole - Frog
- Bar - Heel bulbs
- White line
- Frog
- White line
- Bar
- Sole
- Heel bulbs
Briefly explain the purpose of the Stay Apparatus in the horse, and how it works in the front and hind limbs.
Front limbs:
Hind limbs:
stay apparatus is a mechanism that occurs when a horse sleeps standing up that stabilizes them
forelimb: the joints of the forelimbs stack on top of each other while the tendons secure the leg in place
hindlimb: horses lock their patella onto their femur
What is the common name for the paired thin bones (metacarpal 2 and 4 and metatarsal 2 and 4)?
Splint bones
a. Which joints of the hind limb are involved in the Reciprocal Apparatus?
b. How does it affect the horse’s movement?
A. Stifle & hock
B. Synchronized flexion and extension of the stifle and hock joints
a. Name two possible causes of laminitis in the horse.
b. In which limbs is the condition usually worse- front or hind?
vasculitis & infection
front limbs are conditionally worse
