Identifier: horseitstreatm05axej (find matches)
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.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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lip from under them,and they fall help-lessly on their side. The canons ormetacarpal bones, un-protected by muscles,are exposed to the fullforce of any externalviolence that maybe applied to them, Ebesides which theirmovements are sharpand forcil)le, andmeet colliding objects qwith great resistance. The large pasternalso, by virtue of itsposition, is speciallyliable to fracture, andin a less degree alsothe forearm and lower , 1 • 1 1. Front View. thigh. . . A, Extensor Metacarpi Obliquus. Age nnpartS a ^^ Extensor Metacarpi Magnus. State of brittleness to ^^ ^^ Ljament. D, Extensor Pedis.bones which is not k, Extensor Suffraginis./. T . ., G, Outer Branch of Suspensory found m the young Ligament. and the adult; hence , , The hgaments of the pasternold animals are more are more fully shown in fig. 356, prone to fracture than ^^^ younger ones. In early life, before the epiphyses or prominences which are connectedwith the shafts of bones have become firmly united by ossific union, they
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Fig. 327 ipal Tendons and Ligaments of theFore Limb 2. Outer Side View, A, Extensor Metacarpi Obliquus. B, Extensor Metacarpi Magnus. C, Annular Ligament. D, Extensor Pedis. K, Exten.sor Suffr.aginis. F, Outer Small Met-icarpal or Splint Bone. G, Outer Branch of the Suspensory Liga- ment.H, Flexor Pedis Perforatus.I, Subcarpal or Check Ligament.J, Flexor Pedis Perforans.K, Suspensory Ligament. 224 HEALTH AND DISEASE are liable to be torn away by muscular contraction, or otherwise forciblydisplaced. Structural alterations, the result of disease, by weakening the bonetissue, lessen its power of resistance to ordinary forces, and thereby con-duce to fracture. The navicular bone, after a period of ulceration, breaks beneath theweight thrown upon it in action. The imperfectly - developed bones of the rickety foal, after bendingunder the strain imposed upon them, may sooner or later present a partialor complete fracture. Various other morbid changes, such as cancer, osteo-porosis, melanosis

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