Joints Flashcards
trauma to the olecranon. typically a cosmetic blemish, most can be ignored, treatment can be explored to remove the swelling
olecranon bursitis or capped elbow
enlargement of the synovial structures–the three tendons that go over the front of the knees (flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, and extensor carpi radialis), two joints, and one bursa between the tendon and the joints.
popped knees
In most cases, It is caused by an injury or trauma to the affected limb. However, another cause may be inadequate bedding. Your horse needs between three and four inches minimum of proper bedding material. It can also happen when you are racing or jumping hurdles if your horse’s legs hit the structures you are jumping.
Carpal hygroma - “water on the knee”
occur primarily in growing horses involved in heavy training
Splints
is a soft swelling usually found on a horse’s fetlock. The remnant of an old injury, it occurs when inflammation stretches a tendon sheath, bursa or joint capsule and then subsides. The structure remains stretched and fills with fluid
windpuff
due to intrauterine malpositioning, in which a mare may be carrying a foal that is a bit too large relative to its size,” he explains. Other culprits might be ingestion of locoweed and hybrid Sudan grass during pregnancy, goiter, or a dominant gene mutation in the sire.
contracted tendons
Cutting the pectineus muscle (pectineal tenotomy)
Cutting the neck and head of the femur off (head and neck osteotomy)
Remodelling of the acetabulum by cutting up the hip bones and repositioning them
hip dysplasia
is a commonly found condition in highly active horses and is distinguished by swelling in the plantar tarsal ligament, the long band of tissue that runs down the lower part of the back of the hock.
Curby hock
This is an obscure syndrome of inflammation of a fluid filled sac (bursa) and associated muscle over the greater trochanter of the hip, near the hip joint.
It is seen more often in Standardbred Trotters and can be seen in flat racing horses and in horses working heavily off of their hindquarters in deeper footing. It can also develop as a result of a fall onto the area.
Trochanteric bursitis or Whorlbone Disease
a bony growth within the lower hock joint of horse or cattle. It is caused by osteoarthritis, and the degree of lameness that results can be serious enough to end a horse’s competitive career.
bone spavin
swelling of the tibiotarsal joint of a horse’s hock does not cause lameness. joint becomes distended because of synovial fluid or thickend synovial tissue
bog spavin
A horse with this has hind limb conformation in which there is inward (medial) deviation of the hock (tarsus)
cow hocked
It starts as an inflamed bursa at the anterior end of the neck between vertebrae and the nuchal ligament, and swells until it presents as a characteristic swelling at the poll
poll evil (talpa)
also known as ‘saddle sore” is a painful condition that is caused when open wounds along the spine are infected
the supraspinous bursa becomes swollen and inflamed because infection and leads from the body of the horse to the outer part of the body
fistulous withers
