LI horse Flashcards
LI length
1-20
front leg to nose
LI-1 horse
Craniomedial aspect of the front hoof, proximal to coronary band
LI- pointer wrap around leg to nose
LI 2 horse
On the craniomedial side, distal to the fetlock joint, in the de- pression cranial to extensor branch of suspensory ligament attaching to the common digital extensor tendon
LI- 1-20- pointer wrap around leg to nose
LI-3 horse
On the craniomedial aspect of the fetlock, distal to the end of the splint (second metacarpal), over the interosseous m.
LI 1-20- pointer around leg to nose
LI-4 horse
On the medial side of the foreleg, in the depression between the second metacarpal bone (splint) and third metacarpal bone (cannon) at the upper one-third of the distance from the carpus to the fetlock
opposite of SI-4
LI 1-20: pointer around leg to nose
LI-5 horse
In a depression between the second and third carpal bones on the craniomedial aspect of the carpus
LI 1-20: pointer around leg to nose
LI- 10 horse
2 cun distal to LI-11, in the same groove as LI-5 and LI-6
groove between the extensor carpi radialis and the common digital extensor muscle
LI 1-20: pointer around FL to nose
LI 11 horse
In a depression cranial to the elbow (lateral aspect), in the transverse cubital crease, cranial to lateral epicondyle of humerus
LI- 1-20: pointer around FL to nose
LI 15 horse
Just cranial to the point of the shoulder (cranial part of greater or lateral tuberosity of humerus)
Shoulder lameness
LI 1-20: pointer around FL to nose
LI 16 horse
Along the cranial border of the scapula, in a depression 2⁄ 3 the distance from TH-15 to the point of the shoulder. (TH-15 is in a depression on dorsal border of scapula at the junction of the scapula and scapular cartilage.)
Shoulder and elbow pain, forelimb lameness, forelimb paralysis
Th15, GB 21, LI 16, LI 15
LI 17 horse
2 cun craniodorsal to L-16, on the brachiocephalic m
Laryngeal hemiplegia, sore throat, thyroid disorders, carpal pain, chronic distal forelimb pain. Diagnostic point for carpal disease
LI 1-20: pointer around FL to nose
LI 18 horse
With the head extended, along the line of the ventral mandible to the depression just above the jugular groove
Diagnostic point for hoof problems, laryngeal hemiplegia, sore throat, thyroid disorders, cough, asthma
LI 1-20- pointer around FL to nose
LI 20 horse
Along the lateral edge of nares (2⁄ 3 rostral to the ventral edge), 1 cun caudal to the nares
Nasal congestion and discharge, facial paralysis, epistaxis, fa- cial pruritus, urticaria, sunstroke, cough, sinusitis, fever, cold
LI 1-20: pointer around FL to nose
LI points for horse
1,2,3,4,5,10,11,15,16,17,18,20
