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2. Hock (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   The terms tarsus and hock refer to the region between the gaskin (crus) and cannon regions (metatarsus), which includes the bones, joints, and soft tissues of the area. [2] The hock is especially important in equine anatomy , due to the great strain it receives when the horse is worked.

3. Bog spavin - Wikipedia

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   Bog spavin is a swelling of the tibiotarsal joint of the horse's hock which, in itself, does not cause lameness. The joint becomes distended by excess synovial fluid and/or thickened synovial tissue bringing about a soft, fluctuant swelling on the front of the joint, as well as in the medial and lateral plantar pouches. Bog spavin is generally ...

4. Equine anatomy - Wikipedia

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   Hock: the tarsus of the horse (hindlimb equivalent to the human ankle and heel), the large joint on the hind leg Hoof : the foot of the horse; the hoof wall is the tough outside covering of the hoof that comes into contact with the ground and is, in many respects, a much larger and stronger version of the human fingernail

5. Bone spavin - Wikipedia

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   Bone spavin indicated by A.. Bone spavin is osteoarthritis, or the final phase of degenerative joint disease (DJD), in the lower three hock joints.It usually affects the two lowest joints of the hock (the tarsometatarsal and the distal intertarsal joints), with the third joint, the proximal intertarsal, being the least likely to develop bone spavin.

6. Limbs of the horse - Wikipedia

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   Extension of the hock is achieved by the Achilles tendon, located above the hock. [10] There are two apparatus in the limbs of the horse - the suspensory apparatus and the stay apparatus. The fetlock joint is supported by group of lower leg ligaments, tendons and bones known as the suspensory apparatus. [11]

7. Muscular system of the horse - Wikipedia

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   Tendons attach muscles and bone, and are classified as flexors (flex a joint) or extensors (extend a joint). However, some tendons will flex multiple joints and extend another (the flexor tendons of the hind limb, for example, will flex the fetlock, pastern, and coffin joint, but extend the hock joint).