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Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
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orward from the hip-jointabove to the stifie-joint below\ The.shaft presents a number of roughenedplaces for the attachment of muscles.For the same purpose there are alsoseveral bony prominences and ridges,notably the trochanter minor extermison the upper third of the outer sur-face, the trochanter minor internusnear the upper third of the inner sur-face. The superior extremity is formedby the head, a rounded projectionwhich fits into the acetabulum or cupin the innominate bone to form thehip-joint, and on the outer side ofthis a considerable eminence (tro-chanter major) for the attachment ofsome of the large muscles of the croup.Behind and below the trochantermajor a somewhat deep cavity exists,called the trochanteric fossa, into which some smaller muscles are inserted. The lower extremity presents four large prominences—two behind, thecondyles, wdiich are separated by a deep notch (inter-condyloid fossa), andtwo in front, the trochlea, with which the patella articulates. Above the
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Fig. 308.—Os Femoris (Anterior Aspect) ^ Head. - Internal Trochanter. ^ 4 Tuberositiesfor Ligamentous Insertion. Internal and Ex-ternal Trochlea. ^ Trochanter Minor Externus. Great Trochanter. 202 HEALTH AND DISEASE outer condyle behind is a deep depression termed the sujora-condyloid fossa. Patella (fig. 310).—This is a small irregular bone analogous to the knee-cap of man, and in the horse fre-(juently becomes displaced. Behind itis covered with articular cartilage, andcomes into contact with the trochleaof the femur, over which it plays inpulley-like fashion as a part-of thestifle-joint. Tibia or Second Thigh (fig. 3ii). —A long bone extending from thefemur to the hock joint. It is broadabove and narrow below. The sujjeriorextremity articulates with the condylesof the femur, and is divided into twolateral articular portions l)y a conicalprojection (tibial sjjme). In front, andextending for some distance down thebone, is a projecting ridge, incliningsomewhat outward; this is k

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