Leg Conformation

Question 1

What % of body weight is on their hind and front legs?

Answer 1

55% hind & 45% front

Question 2

Where is center of gravity?

Answer 2

near girth line by heart

Question 3

Bench kneed

Answer 3

cannon bone outside knee; predispose to splints

Question 4

define Bowlegged (carpus varus)

Answer 4

knees point away from each other; predisposes DJD

Question 5

Calf kneed (back at the knee)

Answer 5

knee to far back; predispose DJD

Question 6

Knock kneed (carpus valgus)

Answer 6

knees point toward each other; predipose DJD

Question 7

Over at the knee (buck knees)

Answer 7

knees w/excessive curvature, looking forward over cannon bone; predispose flexor tendon strains

Question 8

Pigeon toed (fetlock varus/toed in)

Answer 8

feet point toward each other; predispose DJD

Question 9

Splayfooted (fetlock valgus)

Answer 9

feet point away from each other; predispose DJD

Question 10

Short upright pasterns causes what poor function?

Answer 10

poor shock absorbers

Question 11

long sloping pasterns are predispositions for what?

Answer 11

soft tissue injuries & bowed tendons

Question 12

Club footed puts stress on what (3)?

Answer 12

coffin, navicular, soles

Question 13

define Hind Bowlegged

Answer 13

cannon bones rotate inward & hock (knees) rotate outward

Question 14

Cow Hocked

Answer 14

Hind condition; cannon bone rotate outward & hocks inward

Question 15

Toed out

Answer 15

fetlocks directly under hocks but toes turn out under fetocks

Question 16

Camped out

Answer 16

hind legs set behind

Question 17

Post legged

Answer 17

hind legs too straight w/front face of hock angle >170 degrees

Question 18

Bog spavin

Answer 18

fluid buildup in hock from inflammation

Question 19

Bone spavin

Answer 19

DJD in hocks

Question 20

Curb

Answer 20

inflammation of plantar ligament

Question 21

Upward fixation of patella

Answer 21

ligament of stifle locking over knee cap

Question 22

Thoroughpin

Answer 22

windpuff of achilles tendon behind hock (chronic inflammation in tendon sheath around deep flexor tendon where it attaches above pnt of hock)

Question 23

What are the bars of the hoof?

Answer 23

weight bearing parts of foot; the V you pick out

Question 24

What is the white line?

Answer 24

Demarcation line where sensitive & insensitive laminae meet

Question 25

What is the quarter?

Answer 25

the middle, main body of hoof

Question 26

Shelly feet

Answer 26

brittle

Question 27

Flat soles

Answer 27

weight on sole instead of wall

Question 28

Contracted heel

Answer 28

narrow heels w/small pinched frog

Question 29

Name the bones of the hind leg from top down

Answer 29

stifle, gaskin, hock, cannon, fetlock, pastern, coronet, hoof

Question 30

Name the bones of the front leg from the top down

Answer 30

elbow, forearm, knee, cannon, fetlock, pastern, coronet, hoof

Question 31

The elbow in the front leg is what in the hind leg?

Answer 31

stifle

Question 32

The gaskin in the hind leg is what in the front leg?

Answer 32

forearm

Question 33

T/F: the knees are in the hind legs

Answer 33

FALSE. Hocks are in the hind, and knees are in the front