Structures to Stand On Flashcards
In the distal limb of a horse, what is not found elow the knee or hock? Why? What is found there?
Muscles. To reduce weight. There are ligaments and tendons.
What is the black arrow pointing to?
Navicular bone.
Name the parts. Which is the coffin bone?
P3 is the coffin bone. Aka pedal bone.
What is the arrow pointing to?
Digital cushion- fatty
What is the periople? What is it called where the haired skin meets the hoof?
Band of soft tubular and intertubular horn located between the normal kin of the leg and the wall of the hoof.
The coronet or corona is where the haired skin meets the hoof.
Deep to the periople is the main part of the hoof wall.
What is important anatomically in putting a shoe on a horse?
White line- provides the demarcation between the region that is going to be sensitive- sensitive lamanae. Hoof nails are designed with a sloping edge on one side and straight on the other. The sloping edge should be on the inside of the hoof.
Where is the frog? White line? Bulb?
What is the stratum medium?
The main part of the hoof. It is the tubular and intertubular horn.
Who has both these? What are they called?
Horses.
Primary and secondary lamellae with the stratum internum.
Stratum medium vs. Stratum Internum
Stratum medium- is the thick part of the hoof outside (coronary dermis is on the outside)
Stratum internum- is in between the laminae– like folds of a book
Sensitive vs. insensitive laminae
Sensitive laminae- are dermis- they interdigitate of the INSENSITIVE laminae of the stratum internum.
What is the sole?
Covers the ground surface between the wall and the frog.
What do ruminant have instead of a frog?
Extended bulb
