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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.) 



1, Suspensory ligament ; 2, innermost slip from complementary cartilage of 

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

 joint ; 4, outermost sliji from complementary cartilage of pastern joint ; 

 5, glenoid or complementary cartilage of pastern joint ; 6, postero-lateral 

 ligaments of the pedal joint ; 7, the navicular bone ; 8, interosseous 

 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 



