The most common deviation seen in young foals is in one or both of the front limbs and is called Carpus Valgus (outward deviation from the knee) (Figure 2). What is valgus in horses? Carpal Valgus or Knock Knees: in Read more…
Radius: extends from the elbow, where it articulates with the humerus, and travels downward to the carpus. It forms the “forearm” of the horse along with the ulna. Ulna: caudal to the radius, it is usually partially fused to that Read more…
Structure. Hooves are made of a protein called keratin. Keratin also makes up hair, fingernails, horns, and feathers. Even though hooves are hard and tough, they wear down with use. Are horses feet made of metal? Steel vs. Most horseshoes Read more…
noun. : a knee (as of a horse) inclining inwards. What does it mean if a horse is tied at the knee? Horses that are ‘over at the knee’ are those whose cannons slope to the rear below the joint, Read more…
The carpal sheath is a tendon sheath which extends from just above the knee down to the mid-cannon region and contains within it the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) and the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT). What is carpal in Read more…
The stifle is made up of the femorotibial and femoropatellar joints. It corresponds to the knee joint in humans. What is the stifle joint to a humans? Function. The stifle joint or genual (L. genu the knee) joint, commonly referred Read more…
The second and fourth metatarsals of the horse are two splint bones which run down the sides of the cannon bone (fourth metatarsals and the largest bone in the limb) from the knee to about two-thirds of the length of Read more…
Forearm: the area of the front leg between the knee and elbow, consisting of the fused radius and ulna, and all the tissue around these bones; anatomically, the antebrachium. Hindquarters: the large, muscular area of the hind legs, above the Read more…
How to Measure the Palmer Angle Locate the wings of PIII. Beginning at the heel, draw a straight line underneath the wings and along the solar surface of PIII. Draw a straight line at the ground surface or one parallel Read more…
Simply stated, the negative palmar angle results from a loss of the soft tissue structures (especially the digital cushion) in the palmar section of the foot. The loss of mass allows the distal phalanx to descend distally in the palmar Read more…