. The anatomy of the domestic animals. Veterinary anatomy. INTERMETACARPAL JOINTS—METACARPO-PHALANGEAL JOINTS 247 the distal bones with the metacarpus uhiar carpal bone with the meta- carpus. The dorsal, volar, and interos- seous carpal ligaments vary with the number of carpal bones present in the different species. In the dog there are sL\ dorsal and six volar ligaments. The inter- osseous ligaments are not inter- ordinal. The accessory carpal bone is attached by ligaments to the ulna, the radio-intermediate, and the third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal bones. The distal carpal bones are attac


. The anatomy of the domestic animals. Veterinary anatomy. INTERMETACARPAL JOINTS—METACARPO-PHALANGEAL JOINTS 247 the distal bones with the metacarpus uhiar carpal bone with the meta- carpus. The dorsal, volar, and interos- seous carpal ligaments vary with the number of carpal bones present in the different species. In the dog there are sL\ dorsal and six volar ligaments. The inter- osseous ligaments are not inter- ordinal. The accessory carpal bone is attached by ligaments to the ulna, the radio-intermediate, and the third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal bones. The distal carpal bones are attached to the metacarpal bones by dorsal and volar ligaments. INTERMETACARPAL JOINTS In the ox the small (fifth) meta- carpal bone articulates with the large metacarpal, but not with the carpus. The joint cavity is connected with that of the carpo-metacarpal sac. The proximal end of the small meta- carpal bone is attached by a ligament to the fourth carpal, and another band extends from its distal part to the side of the large metacarpal. There is also an interosseous liga- ment, which is permanent and allows a small amount of movement. The chief metacarpal bones of the pig, and the second to the fifth of the dog, articulate with each other at their proximal ends, and are con- nected by interosseous ligaments, which do not, however, unite them closely, as in the horse. There are feeble dorsal and volar ligaments (Ligg. basium) which unite the proximal ends of the metacarpal bones in the dog. A strong oblique ligament connects the. Fig. 257.—Distal J AND Tendons. LAR Part( I OF Ox, Showing AND C'ORRESPOND Ligaments NO Articu- One D ' Metacarpal Bone are Removed. a. Suspensory ligament: a', branch of a to superficial flexor tendon: a", a'", lateral and central branches of a; 6, deep flexor tendon: b', branch of b to digit removed: c, c, superficial flexor tendon: rf, d', intersesamoid ligament (cut): e, interdigital col- lateral ligament of fetlock joint; /, tendon of


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