. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. EEGIONAL ANATOMY 21 Action.—This muscle flexes the second phalanx on the first, the first on the metacarpus, and the entire foot on the forearm. Mechanically, it acts as a stay when the animal isjstanding by maintaining the metacarpo-phalangeal angle. The Flexor Pedis Perforans, or the Deep Flexor of THE Phalanges.—This muscle consists of three easily- divided portions : an ulnar, a humeral, and a radial, and has. Fig. 13.—Median Section of Foot. A, Os sutfraginis ; B, os coronte ; C, os pedis : D, navicular bone; U, tendon of the extensoi' pedis;
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. EEGIONAL ANATOMY 21 Action.—This muscle flexes the second phalanx on the first, the first on the metacarpus, and the entire foot on the forearm. Mechanically, it acts as a stay when the animal isjstanding by maintaining the metacarpo-phalangeal angle. The Flexor Pedis Perforans, or the Deep Flexor of THE Phalanges.—This muscle consists of three easily- divided portions : an ulnar, a humeral, and a radial, and has. Fig. 13.—Median Section of Foot. A, Os sutfraginis ; B, os coronte ; C, os pedis : D, navicular bone; U, tendon of the extensoi' pedis; F, insertion of the extensor pedis into the pyramidal process of the os pedis ; (t, the tendon of the flexor perforatus ; JI, insertion of perforatus into the os coronte; /, tendon of the flexor perforans ; J, its passing attachment to the os coronse ; K, its final insertion into the semilunar crest of os pedis ; a, section of coronary cushion ; b, section of plantar cushion ; c, semilunar sinus of os pedis. for points of origin the olecranon process of the ulna, the inner condyloid ridge of the humerus, and the posterior sur- face of the radius. These portions are continued by a common tendon which enters the carpal sheath with the tendon of the perforatus, and continues with it through the synovial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reeks, H. Caulton. London : Bailière, Tindall etc.
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