Vade mecum of equine anatomy for the use of advanced students and veterinary surgeons / by A. Liautard.

  • Liautard, A. (Alexandre François Augustin), 1835-1918.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Vade mecum of equine anatomy for the use of advanced students and veterinary surgeons / by A. Liautard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of lateral faces of the bones of the second row. For.r ligaments : two anterior, and two interosseus. For both of these joints, more or less gliding motion. Ligaments common to all joints, four : one anterior capsular ; one posterior capsular ; one external and one internal funicular. Motions common to all the carpal joints, flexion, extension, abduction, adduc- tion, and circumduction. Metacarpophalangeal joint.—Perfect hinge. On metacarpus, two condyles, and antero-posterior emi- nence ; cn lower surface, two glenoid cavities, sepa- rated by median groove on os suffraginis, extended on the anterior face of the large sesamoids. Six lig- aments for the bones of the lower surface ; three inferior sesamoids ; one interosseus sesamoid, two lateral. Four ligaments for the metacarpus, with the bones of the lower surface ; one anterior capsu- lar ; one posterior, superior sesamoid or suspensory; two laterals. One synovial capsula. Flexion and extension. First inter-phalangeal joint.—Imperfect hinge. On os suffraginis, two condyles and antero-posterior groove. On os coronae, two glenoid cavities se] a- rated by median eminence, and extended backwards by fibro-cartilage. Two lateral ligaments ; one syn- ovial capsula. Flexion, extension and limited rotation.