180 



THE FOOT IN ITS RELATION TO THE ENTIRE LIMB. 



to turned-out or turned-in feet (figs. 160 and 161, 162 and 

 163). 



The imaginary straight line drawn through the os suffraginis, 

 OS coronae, and os pedis, which we term the foot axis (see figs. 



Fig. 1C2. Fig. i6o. 



Figs. 162 and 163.— Form of feet whtie toes are turned inward. 



Fig. 164. — a, foot of normal limb, and b, foot of abnormal limb, in which, by irregular 

 trimming, the 'foot axis' has been distorted. Tlie dotted lines show the proper rela- 

 tions of the hoofs to their respective limbs. 



Fig. 165.— Abnormally flat 

 (oblique) hoof. 



I'IG. 1C6.— Normal hoof. 



Fig. 167.— Upright hoof. 



158, 162, 165 to 167), indicates whether the hoof and fetlock 

 are or are not normally related. 



In the normal position (fig. 158) this line runs directly for- 



