GENERAL RE.MARKS OX THE HORSES FOOT. 



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The parts of the limb to be included under the term '' foot " 

 depend on the purpose with which the expression is employed. 

 Some persons regard " foot " as including only the portion of 

 the limb enclosed in the horny capsule. Others, again, extend 

 the term to those structures in the horse which correspond 

 to the foot of man, that is, the metatarsus or metacarpus 

 and all below it, though, according to this view, the horse's 

 fore-foot should include the knee, and the hind-foot the hock 



Fig. 9. — Postero-lateral view of right fore-foot. .1, lower eud of metacarpus ; 

 B, fetlock joint; C, suftraginis or pastern bone; D, coronet; E, hoof; F 

 and F", outer and inner bulb of the heel ; G, small corneal growth at back 

 of fetlock. 



joint. Leisering's detinition, which is here followed, covers 

 more than the portions surrounded by the horny capsule, 

 though holding it unnecessary to take into consideration the 

 entire limb from the knee or hock. It includes the fetlock 

 joint and parts of the limb below, i.e., the structures correspond- 

 ing to the finger or toe of man. 



These parts are represented in fig. 9. 



