Skeletal (W3.5.2) Flashcards
Medial collateral ligament
stron stabilizer
Lateral collateral ligament
stabilizer
Cranial Cruciate Ligament
inserts cranial on tibia, prevents cranial movement
Caudal Cruciate Ligament
inserts caudally on tibia, prevents caudal movement
Cranial Drawer
Cruciate tear
TPLO
Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy
TTA
Tibial Tuberosity Advacement
Medial Patellar Luxation
Horse Stifle
three patellar ligaments (horse and cow) (lateral, middle, medial)
Stay apparatus
patella over medial ridge of femoral trochlea
upward fixation of the patella (horse)
Tibia
medial
Fibula
lateral
Interosseous space
separates tibia and fibula
not fused in cat and dog
Bovine tibia/fibula
Head of fibula fuses to tiba proximal
Distal end of fibula = lateral malleolus is separate from tibia
Equine tibia/fibula
Fibula reduced and only goes halfway doqn tibia
distal end of fibula = lateral malleolus is fused with tibia