The exterior of the horse . he length of the muscles of the croup, notably those of the 126 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. I gluteal region, the principal extensors of the femur. They, in con-/nection with the other extensors of the hind limb, communicate to the/ <body a greater impulse, which carries it forward by a sudden auditforcible opening of all the locomotory angles and a straightening oflthe whole limb. Tlie greater their length the more they will be capabl if shortening during contraction, and, consequently, the greater will bî he force which the hind limb possesses. This impulsion, b
The exterior of the horse . he length of the muscles of the croup, notably those of the 126 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. I gluteal region, the principal extensors of the femur. They, in con-/nection with the other extensors of the hind limb, communicate to the/ <body a greater impulse, which carries it forward by a sudden auditforcible opening of all the locomotory angles and a straightening oflthe whole limb. Tlie greater their length the more they will be capabl if shortening during contraction, and, consequently, the greater will bî he force which the hind limb possesses. This impulsion, besides, will have greater power, because the inser-tion of the muscles will have an incidence approaching the perpendicu-lar. The line CD, which represents the direction (Fig. 36), is lessoblique to BC (or CO) than the line CD. Again, the length of the croup is concomitant with that of theischio-tibial muscles, AB and AB, which flex the tibia or rotate thecoxae backward during rearing or progressive movements in which they.
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