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DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



in reality continuations of the lateral ligaments of that 

 joint. Running obliquely downwards and backwards from 



Fig. 9.— Ligaments of the First and Second Interphalangeal 

 Articulations (viewed from Behind). (After Dollar and 

 Wheatley). 



i, Suspensory ligament; 2, innermost slip from complementary 

 cartilage. of pastern joint; 3, middle slip from complementary 

 cartilage of pastern joint ; 4, outermost slip from complementary 

 cartilage of pastern joint; 5, glenoid or complementary cartilage 

 of pastern joint; 6, postero-lateral ligaments of the pedal joint; 

 9, semilunar crest of os pedis ; 10, plantar surface of os pedis. 



their point of attachment to the first phalanx they curve 

 round the lower part of the side of the second phalanx and 



