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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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present condition it isbelieved by some to exercise a protectiveinfluence when the fetlock is brought to theground during the rapid locomotory move-ments occurring in the forced gallop, andespecially in the final struggle of a race. The Pastern.—This region extendsfrom the fetlock to the coronet, betweenwhich points it takes a more or less oblicjuedirection downward and forward. Itsbony base is formed by the first and secondphalanges, or, as they are commonlytermed, the large and small pastern bones. The Coronet.—The coronet is thatpart of the limb situated immediatelyabove the hoof, and extending from frontto back. It is, in fact, the lowermostdivision of the pastern. The term is use-ful only as indicating proximity with the crown, or upper circumferenceof the foot. The Foot.—The foot, as understood by the comparative anatomist,,embraces all those parts of the limb beneath the lower extremity of the fore-arm in front and the inferior extremity of the leg or second thigh behind.
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Fig. 13.—Front View of Horse ■ Forehead. Poll. - Forelock. Ear,* Snpra-orbit, ^ Eyebrow. ^ Eye, 7 Nose.^ Nasal Peak. Nostril. > Upper Lip. ^^ Neck. ^^ Breast. ^^ Forearm. ^^ Knee.■*- Canon. ^ Fetlock-joint. ^ Pasteru. ^ Coronet. ^ Foot. ^ Chest. *> Haunch. 22 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE In the horse, however, the term is restricted to the terminal portion of thelimb, or that section of it enclosed in the hoof. Two bones and part ofa third constitute its bony base. The former comprise the third phalanx—the pedal or coffin bone, and the navicular bone; the latter, the second 2yhalanx, or coronet bone. Connected withthese are various tendons, ligaments, fibroustissue, and cartilages, the whole of whichare invested by a highly vascular and sen-sitive covering of modified skin, and out-wardly protected by a horny envelope, orhuge nail, to which the term hoof has beenapplied. 8. THE POSTERIOR OR HIND LIMB The Quarter.—In considering the re-gions of the hind limb, it will be co

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