sesamoids

Those injuries were terrible — fractures of his canon bone, sesamoids and long pastern as well as the dislocation of his fetlock joint.

'Eight Belles' should sound the end of horse racing 2008

Or even the break of his sesamoids, two small bones in the back of the leg above the fetlock joint, which could also be fixed.

Gone Like the Wind Bissinger, Buzz 2007

Near the fetlock, at the level of the sesamoids, the internal plantar nerve ends in several digital branches.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

Frost [23] reports simultaneous fracture of all of the proximal sesamoids occurring in a sixteen-year-old pony.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

THE DIGIT OR TOE is formed by six bones, three of which are termed accessory or sesamoids.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

Roughly speaking, sesamoid lameness is a condition of the gliding surface of the sesamoids, and the face of the tendon playing over them, similar to that found in navicular disease.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

The patella performs a function which is in a way similar to that of the sesamoids and when fractured, complete recovery is improbable in the average instance.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

A suitable point to choose for the injection is exactly over the upper border of the lateral faces of the two sesamoids, the needle being introduced behind the cord formed by the nerve and accompanying vessels, and parallel with it.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

The condition occurs quite frequently, and because of the important function performed by these bones, active inflammation of the sesamoids constitutes a serious affection.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

The metacarpo-phalangeal sheath and the ring of the perforatus laid open posteriorly, and the cut edges reflected; the flexor perforans cut through at about the region of the sesamoids, and its inferior portion deflected.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks