The Hind Limbs in Horses
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- Created on: 05-05-17 10:57
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- Hind Limb Anatomy and Function
- The stay apparatus
- Combination of bones, ligaments and tendons
- Allows the horse to stay standing for long periods of time with little effort
- Horses have to lay down to have a deep sleep
- In the hind limb: involves all tendons and ligaments in straight position
- Tendons and ligaments are not elastic, would not be supportive otherwise
- Involves Trochlea Ridges, Patella Ligaments (medial and middle) and Quads
- Ligaments and tendons of distal limb support the fetlock
- The stifle locks into place
- The Reciprocal Apparatus
- Maintains coordination, stability and power of the hind limbs
- Includesl; Femur, Cannon Bone, Tarsus, Calcaneous, Peroneous Tertius, SDF muscle and tendon
- Horses cannot flex stifle without flexing the hock
- Hooves
- Small in relation to body size
- Copes with this by having a large BoS
- Digital Cushion for weight bearing, absorbing concussion, circulation and grip
- Hoof is quite flexible
- Foot hits the ground, wall expands, digital cushion flattens down (pump mechanism)
- In wild horses, all of sole and frog contact the ground but not really the hoof wall
- Only four areas of the wild horse hoof is weight bearing, all of the wall is in domestic horses
- The hind limbs are the engine
- Peroneus Tertius tendon for retraction
- Tendons for elastic recoil
- The stay apparatus
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