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Fig. 19. — Sagittal section of digit and distal part of metacarpus of horse. A , Meta- 

 carpal bone; B, first phalanx, C, second phalanx; D, third phalanx; £, distal sesa- 

 moid bone; 1, volar pouch of capsule of fetlock joint; 2, intersesamoidean ligament; 

 3, 4, proximal end of digital sjraovial sheath; 5, ring formed by superficial flexor 

 tendon; 6, fibrous tissue underlying ergot; 7, ergot; 8, 9, 9', branches of digital ves- 

 sels; 10, distal ligament of distal sesamoid bone; 11, suspensory ligament of distal 

 sesamoid bone; 12, 12', proximal and distal ends of bursa podotrochlearis. By an 

 oversight the superficial flexor tendon (behind 4) is not marked. (From Sisson's 

 Anatomy of the Domestic Animals; copyright, W. B. Saunders Co.) 



