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Other Helpful Descriptions & Terms
Tendons - Connect Muscle to Bone
Ligaments - Connect Bone to Bone
Collateral - on the sides (Lateral Collateral & Medial Collateral)
Superficial - Near the Surface
Deep - Further from the Surface
Peripheral - Distant from its point of origin; near the surface of the body
Superficial Flexor Tendon
Superficial Flexor Tendon
Deep Digital
Flexor Tendon
Medial – Inside (Towards the Mid-Line)
Lateral – Outside (Away from the Mid-Line)
Extensor Process
Palmar Process
Proximal
Interphalangeal
(PIP) Joint
Distal
Interphalangeal
(DIP) Joint
Proximal
Distal
Sole
Callus
Distal Phalanx - Third Phalanx - PIII - Coffin Bone
Impar
Ligament
Palmar (Front Foot)
Plantar (Hind Foot)
Dorsal Digital
Extensor Tendon
Collateral
Ligament of
Dorsal
Collateral Sesamoidean
(Suspensory to NB) Ligament
Collateral
Sesamoidean
Ligament
(Suspensory
Lig. to the NB)
NB
Distal
Digital
Annular
Ligament
Impar Ligament
P3
Chondrosesamoidean
Ligament
Illustration from “The Equine Distal Limb” by
Jean-Marie Denoix - Copyright © 2000
Third Interosseus Muscle
(aka Suspensory Ligament)
Extensor Branch of the Third
Interosseus Muscle
(aka Suspensory Ligament)
Palmar Annular
Ligament
Collateral Sesamoidean
Ligament
Superficial
Flexor Tendon
(aka Suspensory Ligament to
the Navicular Bone)
Dorsal
Digital
Extensor
Tendon
Collateral
Ligament of
PIP Joint
Deep Digital
Flexor Tendon
Collateral
Ligament of
DIP Joint
Illustration from “The Equine Distal Limb”
by Jean-Marie Denoix - Copyright © 2000
1. Superficial Flexor Tendon
2. Deep Flexor Tendon
3. Accessory (Inferior) Check Ligament
Illustration from “Corrective Farriery”
by Simon Curtis - Copyright © 2002
DL = Dermal Lamellae
TP = Terminal Papillae
SP = Sole Papillae
DP = Distal Phalanx (PIII)
CV = Circumflex Vein
CA = Circumflex Artery
Autoradiograph of Dorsal
Hoof Wall Section
Illustration from “Color Atlas of the Horse’s Foot”
by Dr. Chris Pollitt - Copyright © 1995