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Name Bone #11
- Scapula
- Shoulder Blade
- Flat Bone
- Supported by the Thoracic sling
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #20
- Rib Cage
- Flat Bones
- 8 True - Connected to Thoracic by Bone
- 10 False - Connected by Cartilage
- 18 pairs, 36 on horse
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Name Bone #30
- Fetlock
- Joint
- Bottom of cannon & top of proximal sesamoid
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Name Bone #23
- Illium
- Connects pelvis to vertebrae
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #24
- Pubis
- Supports reproductive organs
- Long Bone
- 1 on horse
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Name Bone #23
- SecroIliac Junction
- SI Joint
- Not a bone
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Name Bone #28
- Ischium
- Point of Buttocks
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #30
- Femur
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #38
- Patella
- Knee
- Part of Stiffle Joint
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #51
- Tibia
- NOT fused with Fibula
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #56
- Fibula
- NOT fused with Tibia
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #57
- Fibular Tarsal Bone
- Forms point of hock
- Long Bone
- 2 on horse
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Name Bone #52
- Tarsals
- Short Bone
- 5 per leg, 10 on horse
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What do Ligaments Connect?
- Bone to Bone
- Keeps joints in place
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Where is the neutral Ligament found?
Runs on top of the crest.
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Name 2 types of Ligaments found in the lower leg
- Suspensory Ligaments
- Check Ligaments
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What do Suspensory Ligaments support and protect?
- Sesamoid Bones
- Pastern joint
- Fetlock
- Has more elasticity than other ligaments
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What do Check ligaments prevent?
Over streching
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Name 2 types of Check Ligaments
I&S
Inferior & Superior
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What does the Inferior Check Ligament connect?
Connects Cannon Bone to Deep Digital Flexor Tendon.
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What does the Superior Check Ligament Connect?
Connects Radius to Superficial Flexor Tendon
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Name 3 Lower Leg Extender Tendons
RC
CD
LD
- Radial Carpal Extensor
- Commo Digital Extender Tendon
- Lateral Digital Extender Tendon
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Name 2 Lower Leg Flexor Tendons
SD
DD
- Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon
- Deep Digital Flexor Tendon
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What does a Flexor do?
Pulls leg up off the ground, found on the back of legs
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What does an Extender do?
Pulls leg forward, found on front of leg
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What does the Lower Leg Flexor Tendon do? Where does it run? What shape is it?
- Flex lower leg, Knee, Fetlock, & Pasturn
- Runs Parallel to cannon
- flat in shape
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What does the Deep Digital Flexor Tendon Do?
Where does it run? Where is it found?
- Flexes joints of lower leg including Knee, Fetlock, Pastern, & Coffin Bones
- Runs Parallel to Cannon & underneath coffin bone
- Positioned between Cannon & Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon
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Where does the Common Digital Extender Tendon Run?
Runs parallel to Cannon Bone along the front & down the top of the Coffin Bone
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Where does the Lateral Digital Extender Tendon Run?
Runs on the outside of lower leg, can be used to determine if it is the right of left leg.
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Why can't a horse "cow kick"?
The Accessory Ligament of the Hip Joint connects to the Prepubic Tendon to the Femoral Head.
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What bone do humans have but horses don't?
Collar Bone
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