Large Animal Pelvic Vessels And Nerves Flashcards
What is the main arterial supply to the distal limb in the equine?
Cranial tibial
Where do you take a pulse in the horse?
Great metatarsal artery (dorsal metatarsal artery III)
Med/lateral digital arteries
What is the main blood supply to the digit in the horse?
Med and lateral digital arteries
The cranial tibial artery changes name to the ________________ at the level of the hock
Dorsal pedal
The dorsal pedal artery becomes the __________________ along the metatarsal
Great metatarsal artery (dorsal metatarsal artery III)
The femoral vein drains ?
The lateral and medial saphenous veins
The ______________ vein drains into the cranial branch of the medial saphenous vein.
Dorsal common digital vein
At the level of the fetlock, the dorsal common digital vein splits into ?
Medial and lateral plantar digital vein
How can you perfusion only the tissues of the digit with analgesic?
Beir block - regional limb perfusion
Tourniquet to prevent venous return
Damage to what nerve results in the inability to adduct the limb?
Obturator nerve
In ability to bear weight/extend the stifle results from ________ nerve damage
Femoral nerv
The tibial nerve can be found on the (lateral/medial) side of the crus?
Medial
What artery runs along side the common peroneal nerve (deep branch)?
Cranial tibial
What nerve runs together with the great metatarsal artery at the proximal cannon?
Lateral dorsal metatarsal nerve
What 6 nerves innervate the fetlock of the hindlimb?
M/L Plantar
M/L Plantar metatarsal
M/L Dorsal Metatarsal
