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JUDGING HORSES 



Skin 



Tendun of common extensor 



Bursa 



Capsule of fetlock joint 

 Cavity of fetlock joint 



Cavity of pastern joint 



Cavity of coffin joint , J? 



Conuin 



of ptrioph 



Penople 



Coronary 



coriuni 



Wall 

 Lamince 



Middle sesamoidean Kg. 

 'igital synovial sheath 

 Cavity of pastern joint 

 Superficial sesamoidean Kg. 

 Deep flexor tendon 

 Distal end of digital sheath 

 12 

 11 

 Digital cushion 



Sole Corium of sole 



Fig. 24. — An important consideration in judging horses. Sagittal section 

 of digit and distal part of metacarpus of horse: A, metacarpal bone; B, 

 first phalanx; C, second phalanx; D, third phalanx; E, distal sesamoid bone; 

 1, volar pouch of capsule of fetlock joint; 2, intersesamoidean ligament; 3, 4, 

 proximal end of digital synovial sheath; 5, ring formed by superficial flexor 

 tendon; 6, fibrous tissue underlying ergot; 7, ergot; 8, 9, 9', branches of 

 digital vessels; 10, distal ligament of distal sesamoid bone; 11, suspensory 

 ligament of distal sesamoid bone; 12, 12', proximal and distal ends of bursa 

 podotrochlearis. By an oversight the superficial flexor tendon (behind 4) 

 is not marked. (Courtesy of L. W. Sisson, from Anatomy of Domestic 

 Animals.) 



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