. A text-book of horseshoeing, for horseshoers and veterinarians . tendons areeither extensors or flex-ors. The extensors lie onthe anterior face and theflexors on the posteriorface of the phalanges. The anterior exten-sor of the—pfTalanges(Fig. 14, a) extendsthe long and short pas-terns and the hoof-bone;it is broad, and madesomewhat broader by re-ceiving the branches ofthe suspensory ligament{!)) that come from thesesamoid bones. It takesa firm attachment on Right forefoot viewed from in front and from the ex- \\^q BVramidal eminence ternal side: a, anterior extensor tendon of
. A text-book of horseshoeing, for horseshoers and veterinarians . tendons areeither extensors or flex-ors. The extensors lie onthe anterior face and theflexors on the posteriorface of the phalanges. The anterior exten-sor of the—pfTalanges(Fig. 14, a) extendsthe long and short pas-terns and the hoof-bone;it is broad, and madesomewhat broader by re-ceiving the branches ofthe suspensory ligament{!)) that come from thesesamoid bones. It takesa firm attachment on Right forefoot viewed from in front and from the ex- \\^q BVramidal eminence ternal side: a, anterior extensor tendon of the toe; b, ^ •^ suspensory ligament of the fetlock; b, branch of the of the OS pcdis. In the same passing forward and uniting with the extensor .. j. j-l l tendon of the toe; c, extensor tendon of the os suffraginia lorelect the lOUg paS- (absent in the hind leg), called the lateral extensor. ^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^ ^y^eciSil CXtCU- sor tendon (c), which is known as the I(ii£jxil-€^)densQr. Wlien themuscles to which these tendons are attached act,—^that is, when. HORSESHOEING. 33 Fig. 15. they draw themselves together, or contract, as we term thisaction,—the foot is carried forward (extended). There are two flexor tendons of tliephalanges,—namely, the superficial(perforatus tendon) and the deep(perforans tendon). 1. The superficial flexor or psr-foratus tendon (Figs. 15, b, and 16,a, h) lies behind, immediately imderthe skin, and covers the deep flexor orperforans tendon. At the gliding sur-face between the sesamoid bones (, /) it broadens, and forms a ringor tube (Fig. 15, V) through whichthe perforans tendon (a^^^) passes,Avhile a short distance farther do^m itbifurcates, or divides into tw^obranches (Figs. 15, 5, and 16, b),which terminate, one on either side,partly on the inferior lateral bordersof the first phalanx and partly on thefibro-cartilage of the second acts simultaneously on the long andshort pasterns. 2. The deep flexor or perforans Right for
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