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should be taken in leveling" the foot in all cases so as not to 

 allow the horse to rock one way or the other. 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF FOOT AND LEG. 



Fig". 10 represents a sectional view of the foot and a por- 

 tion of the leg- of a horse. A, shows the cannon-bone at the 

 fetlock joint ; J5, is the upper pastern ; while (7, is the coro- 

 nary or lower pastern bone ; D, is the coffin-bone ; E, the 

 navicular or nut bone ; F, represents one of the sesamoid 

 bones ; G, the sensitive frog ; H, the sensitive sole ; 7, the 

 honw sole ; J, the outside crust or wall ; K, the sensitive 

 laminge ; L, the main cord or tendon that runs up and down 

 the back of the leg ; il/, show^s the tendon of the extensor 

 muscle of the foot and coronar^^ bones. It can be readily 

 seen by a careful examination of this illustration that it 

 is absoluteh' necessary to keep the foot at a cei'tain angle 

 or slant, somewhere between 50 and 56 degrees, in order 

 that the joints ma^' perform their offices properlj' . 



DISSECTED LEG OF A HORSE. 



Fig. 11 shows a foot and portion of the leg dissected, all 

 the hair and flesh being removed so as to show the tendons, 

 arteries and blood vessels. M, is the main cord or tendon 

 that runs up and down the back of the leg; N, is the ex- 

 tensor muscle of the foot ; O, shows the lateral cartilages, 

 while P represents the plantar nerve. The lower il/ shows 

 the sensitive laminae, Avhile L represents the outside crust 

 or wall. 



