LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES 



OF 



THE HORSE- 



PART I. 



LIGAMENTS. 



VERTEBRAL LIGAMENTS. 

 A. Ligaments of the Bodies. 



L Superior Common.— This ligament is riband-like, and is at- 

 tached to the superior surface of the bodies of the vertebnis 

 from the axis to the sacrum. It is widened where it passes 

 over the intervertebral discs, to which it is attached, and 

 narrowest over the middle of the vertebral bodies. 



2. Inferior Co/w/uon. — Is attached to the under surface of the 



bodies of the vertebrae, from the 6th dorsal to the sacrum. 

 At first cord like, it gradually expands and becomes c n- 

 tinuous with the pelvic ligaments. 



3. Intervertebral Discs.— These are placed between the extrem- 



ities of the bodies of adjacent vertebr^^, and are comi^osed 

 of fibrous tissue and fibro-cartilage. They are thinnest 

 in the dorsal region, and that between the last lumbar and 

 the sacrum is the thickest. 

 B. Ligaments of the Oblique Processes. 



Capsular.— These are attached round the diarthrodial facets of 

 adjacent processes, and are yellow-elastic in the cervical 

 region, white-fibrous in the dorsal and lumbar regions. 



