10 - musculoskeleal system (cont) - foot

Question 1

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(thrush)

1. infectious condition which attacks the hoof wall and sole

particularly in what region?

2. affects horses kept under what conditions?

Answer 1

1. frog region
2. maintained in wet stalls or paddocks

Question 2

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(thrush)

1. Cx and Dx?

Answer 2

Question 3

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(thrush)

1. tx?

Answer 3

Question 4

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(white-line disease)

1.

Answer 4

Question 5

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(hoof cracks)

Answer 5

Question 6

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(hoof-wall injuries, avulsions)

Question 7

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(hoof abscesses)

Answer 7

Question 8

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(sole bruises)

Question 9

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(third phalanx fracture)

Question 10

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(navicular disease - caudal heal pain)

1. usually in older working horses - what 3 breeds most common?

Answer 10

1. quarter horses, thoroughbreds, and warmbloods

Question 11

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(navicular bone disease - caudal heel pain)

1. Cx?

Answer 11

Question 12

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(navicular bone disease - caudal heel pain)

1. dx?

Answer 12

Question 13

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(navicular bone disease - caudal heel pain)

1. tx?

Answer 13

Question 14

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(navicular bone disease - caudal heel pain)

1. prog?

Answer 14

Question 15

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1. usually affects forelimbs or hindlimbs?
2. four causes?

Answer 15

1. forelimbs
2. sepsis, ^grain/lush, limb overload, cushing’s

Question 16

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1. what happens?

Answer 16

Question 17

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1. Cx?

Answer 17

Question 18

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1 dx?

Answer 18

Question 19

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1. tx?

Answer 19

Question 20

(diseaes of the foot and hoof)

(laminitis)

1. prog?

Answer 20

Question 21

(fractures of the second phalanx)

1. caused by what?
2. Cx?

Answer 21

1. trauma

Question 22

(fractures of the second phalanx)

1. tx?

Answer 22

Question 23

(fractures of the second phalanx)

1. prog?

Answer 23

Question 24

(fractures of the 1st phalanx)

1. dorsal frontal fractures only occur in what kinds of racehorses?

Answer 24

1. racehorses

Question 25

(fractures of the 1st phalanx)

Question 26

(metacarpo-tarsophalangeal (fetlock) joint))

Question 27

(proximal sesamoid bones) (sesamoiditis)

Answer 27

Question 28

(proximal sesamoid bones) (proximal sesamoid bone fractures)

Answer 28

Question 29

(3rd metacarpa/tarsal (cannon) bone) (condylar fractures)

Answer 29

Question 30

(3rd metacarpa/tarsal (cannon) bone) (bucked shins - dorsal metacarpal disease)

Answer 30

Question 31

(3rd metacarpa/tarsal (cannon) bone) (dorsal cortical fractures) 1.

Answer 31

Question 32

(3rd metacarpa/tarsal (cannon) bone) (dorsal cortical fractures) 1. prog?

Answer 32

Question 33

Question 34

(2nd and 4th metacarpal and metatarsal bones) (splint exostoses (splints))

Question 35

(2nd and 4th metacarpal and metatarsal bones) (fractured splint bones)