Horse Live Palpation - P1

Question 1

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 1

withers

Question 2

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 2

scapular cartilage

Question 3

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 3

1. spine of scapula
2. tuber of the spine of the scapula

Question 4

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 4

cranial portion: point of the shoulder
cranial/caudal portions: greater tubercle of the humeral

Question 5

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 5

biceps brachii m.

Question 6

What structure is this person palpating? What does it connect to?

Answer 6

lacertus fibrosus

connects the biceps brachii m. with the extensor carpi radialis m.

Question 7

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 7

olecranon

Question 8

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 8

chestnut (torus carpeus)

Question 9

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 9

1. extensor carpi radialis m.
2. common digital extensor m.
3. lateral digital extensor m.
4. ulnaris lateralis m.

Question 10

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 10

top: antebrachiocarpal joint (radiocarpal joint)
bottom: middle carpal joint

Question 11

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 11

dorsal surface of metacarpal III
tendons of the common and lateral digital extensor mm.

Question 12

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 12

1. metacarpal IV
2. metacarpal IV button

Question 13

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 13

1. superficial digital flexor tendon
2. deep digital flexor tendon
3. suspensory ligament
4. distal check ligament

Question 14

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 14

1. button of metacarpal bone IV
2. palmar pouch of metacarpophalangeal joint (fetlock joint)
3. extensor branch of interosseous m.
4. interosseous m.
5. proximal sesamoid bones

Question 15

Label 1-5

Answer 15

1. white line
2. paracuneal grooves
3. external layer of hoof wall
4. internal layer of hoof wall
5. sole

Question 16

Label 1-6

Answer 16

1. hoof cartilages
2. toe
3. quarter
4. heel
5. ergot
6. bulb of the heels

Question 17

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 17

lateral digital artery

Question 18

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 18

sacral tuber

Question 19

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 19

coxal tuber

Question 20

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 20

ischiatic tuber

Question 21

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 21

greater trochanter

Question 22

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 22

1. patella, patellar ligaments
2. medial trochlear ridge of the femur
3. tibial tuberosity

Question 23

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 23

1. long digital extensor m.
2. lateral digital extensor m.

Question 24

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 24

1. gastrocnemius
2. common calcanean tendon
3. tuber calcanei

Question 25

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 25

1. medial malleolus
2. cunean tendon
3. lateral malleolus

Question 26

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 26

1. long digital extensor tendon
2. lateral digital extensor tendon

Question 27

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 27

1. metatarsus IV
2. metatarsus IV button

Question 28

What structures are this person palpating?

Answer 28

1. superficial digital flexor tendon
2. deep digital flexor tendon
3. interosseous m.

Question 29

What structure is this person palpating?

Answer 29

dorsal metatarsal III artery
between metatarsus III and IV