EXPLANATION OF PLATE VL 
FOOT OF THE HORSE. 
This cut represents the foot of a horse sawed from above 
the fetlock down through the center of the foot. It shows the 
structure of the foot, the name of each part being given 
according to number. 
1. Lower end of large metacarpal, 
or shin bone. 
2. Bursa, which secretes the joint 
oil that lubricates the place 
where the tendon, or cord, on 
the front of the leg passes 
down over the front of the fet- 
lock joint. This is important 
as it sometimes gets injured 
and becomes enlarged. It is 
then called a puffy or bursal 
enlargement, and is of the 
same nature as a wind gall. 
3. Fetlock joint 
4. Large pastern bone. 
6. Pastern joint. This joint is im- 
portant, for when diseased it is 
the seat of a high-up ringbone. 
% Coffin joint. This joint is im- 
portant for wh^ it is diseased 
it is the seat of a low-down 
ringbone. 
7. Wall of the hoof. 
8. Os Pedis, or foot bone. 
9. Quick of the foot, or sensitive 
wall. 
10. Quick of the foot, or sensitive 
sole. 
11. Frog of the foot, or horny frog. 
12. Fatty Frog. 
13. Coffin, or navicular bone. This 
is important for when diseased 
it is the seat of coffin joint 
lameness. 
14. Back tendons below fe^ock 
15. Fetlock bones (2 in number) 
one on each side of the joint. 
16. Skin. 
17. Back tendons above fetlock. 
