Food Animal Lecture 3: Musculoskeletal and Thorax Flashcards
What is the area of auscultation, defined by the caudal and cranial border
Caudal border: from dorsal to ventral Rib 11, 9, 7, and 5
Cranial border: scapula and humerus
Where is the pulmonic valve auscultated
Left sided, 3rd intercostal space between shoulder and elbow
Where is the aortic valve auscultated
Left side, 4th intercostal space level with shoulder
Where is the left AV (mitral) valve auscultated
Left side, 5th intercostal space between shoulder and elbow
Where is the right AV (tricuspid) valve auscultated
Right side, 3rd intercostal space between shoulder and elbow
What is abaxial
Outside
What is axial
Inside
what is the red arrow pointing to
Heel bulbs
What is indicated by the red arrow
Abaxial groove
Label 1-2
- White line
- Sole
What does the white line separate
Lateral hoof wall and sole
Label 1-6
- Hoof wall
- Corium
- DIP/coffin joint
- Navicular bone
- P3/coffin bone
- Digital cushion
Label 1-4
- Periploic corium
- Parietal Corium
- Lamellar corium
- Solar corium
What corium produces the soft epidermis of the coronary band and expands palmarly to produce bulb of heel
Perioplic
What corium produces the hoof wall
Parietal corium
What corium anchors claw to coffin bone and produces keratin when injured
Lamellar corium
What corium produces keratinized sole
Solar corium
What is indicated by the orange circle
Coronary cushion
What is the blood pump for the foot
Coronary cushion
What is indicated by the blue outline
Digital cushion
What is the purpose of the digital cushion
Shock absorption
How much does the dorsal hoof wall grow/month
0.5cm/month
How long is the dorsal hoof wall normally
7.5cm
How much does the hoof bulb grow/month
1.0cm
Hoof growth is more rapid on what type of diet
Grain
How thick is the sole
6-10mm
How long does it take for corium to grow hoof to the ground
6-8 weeks
What is the weight bearing surface of the hoof
Wall and adjacent 2-3mm sole
What part of the sole is self-cleaning and not designed for weight
Concave sole
In the front hooves which digit is the weight shifted on
Medial»lateral
In the rear hooves which digit is the weight shifted on
Lateral»medial
90% of lameness occurs where
In the foot
What bones make up the metacarpus/tarsus
Fused 3rd and 4th bones
What are the fused 3rd and 4th metacarpal/tarsal bones also known as
Cannon bone
What is a sequestrum
Bone infection as a result of a laceration
What is the arrow pointing at
sequestrum
What are the vestigial bones in the carpus
MC II
What are the vestigial bones in the tarsus
MT V
What is the veterinary term for long pastern
P1
What is the veterinary term for short pastern
P2
What is the veterinary term for the coffin bone
P3
Label 1-5
- Proximal sesamoid bone
- P1
- P2
- P3
- Navicular bone/distal seasamoid
What phalanges serve as the vestigial declaws
2nd and 5th
What is circled
declaws, 2nd and 5th phalanges
What is indicated in blue and green
Both are annular ligaments
Blue: proximal/palmar
Green: distal/digital
What is indicated in orange and red
Both are interdigital (cruciate) ligaments
Orange: proximal
Red: distal
What are these
Digital extensor tendons
What are these
Digital flexor tendons
SDFT and DDFT
Where do ruminants most commonly get tenosynovitis
Digital flexor tendons
Label 1-4
- Metacarpophalangeal joint/fetlock
- Proximal interphalangeal joint/pastern
- Distal interphalangeal joint/coffin
- Navicular bursa
What is indicated in blue
Digital flexor sheath
If a ruminant gets an infection in their DDF tendon sheath does it usually cause unilateral or bilateral tenosynovitis
Unilateral, the sheaths don’t communicate
Where does the DDF tendon sheath end
Proximal to navicular bone
What are the primary arteries of the cow foot
- Common digital artery
- Terminal arc
What is indicated by the red arrows
terminal arc
What are the primary veins that make up the ruminant foot
- Common digital vein
- Abaxial palmar/plantar digital veins
What veins are indicated by 1-2
- Common digital vein
- Abaxial palmar/plantar digital veins
What vein is utilized for the Baer block
Common digital vein
What does the Baer block desensitize
Fetlock and below
What block is being done here
Baer block
When doing a digit amputation what ligament do you want to make sure you preserve
Proximal interphalangeal cruciate ligament
What causes a sole ulcer to occur
Solar corium becomes pinched by P3 causing hemorrhage, necrosis, weakness in sole, infection
What foot is the block placed on when treating sole ulcers
Unaffected claw to elevate the affected claw off ground
What can cause white line disease
Debris entering hoof in area of white line which separates the lateral hoof wall and the sole
What is wrong
white line disease
What joint is a common entry site for sepsis
Coffin joint/DIP
Where in the coffin joint is the #1 site of sepsis for beef cattle
Interdigital space near axial groove
What are some examples of things that can cause the coffin joint to become septic
Foot rot, white line separation, puncture, vertical crack of hoof wall, sole ulcer
What is the most common physical sign of coffin joint septic arthritis
Swelling of the coronary band