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Lameness 3
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12/06/2019

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Term
Where are abscesses found?
Definition
The sole of the foot or the coronary band or in the hoof wall.
Term
Angular Limb Deformities
Definition
Hocks, Knees, Fetlocks
Term
Arthritis
Definition
Inflammation in the tissues of a joint
Term
Bowed Tendon
Definition

Middle, High or low portion of the leg

SFT of front leg is most common

Term
Bursitis
Definition

Natural bursa around joints

Elbow or Hock (acquired)

Term
Canker
Definition
The frog
Term
Club Foot
Definition
One of the front feet
Term
Contracted tendons
Definition

Manifests in the fetlock as broken forward or backward depending upon the affected tendon

Term
Corns
Definition
Seat of corn on the bottom of the foot
Term
Cracks
Definition

- The outer hoof wall - Stratum Medium

- Toe, Quarter or heel

Term
Curb
Definition

Hocks

Specifically, about 4 inches below the point of the hock.

Term
Epiphysitis
Definition
Growth plates of the long bones
Term
Keratoma
Definition
Hoof Wall/White line
Term
Laminitis/Founder
Definition
Generally affects the hoof capsule
Term
Navicular
Definition
Caudal foot
Term
Osselet
Definition
Fetlock
Term
Pedal Osteitis
Definition
P3
Term
Popped Knee
Definition
Knee
Term
Quittor
Definition

- Collateral cartilage of the foot

- Abscess above coronary band, caudal pastern

Term
Ringbone
Definition

- Pastern Joint (High articular)

- Coffin Joint (Low Articular)

- Distal P1, Proximal P2 (High non-articular)

- Distal P2, Proximal P3 (Low non-articular)

Term
Scratches
Definition
Back of the pastern
Term
Seedy Toe
Definition
White line area at the front of the hoof
Term
Sesamoiditis
Definition
Caudal/Palmar aspect of the fetlock area
Term
Fibrotic Myopathy
Definition
Rear Leg
Term
Shin Buck
Definition
Cranial Cannon Bone
Term
Shivers
Definition
Rear Limb(s)
Term
Shoe boil
Definition

Elbow

Also known as a capped elbow

Term
Sidebone
Definition
Collateral cartilage of foot/P3
Term
Spavin
Definition
Hocks
Term
Splints
Definition

- Medial aspect of the Cannon Bone

- Generally the front leg

- About 3" below the carpus

Term
Stringhalt
Definition
Rear leg
Term
Suspensory sprain
Definition
Generally shows in the fetlock
Term
Thoroughpin
Definition
Just above the Point of the hock
Term
Thrush
Definition
Commisures and central sulcus of the frog
Term
Locked Stifle
Definition
Stifle joint with a complementary locking of the hock joint
Term
Windpuffs
Definition
Fetlock swelling
Term
Wobbler
Definition
Hind legs seem uncoordinated
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