Equine distal limb
DMG to ligaments and tendons
Forelimb rads
Hind limb
100

The place of insertion of the two divisional branches of the suspensory ligament.

What is the proximal sesamoid bone?

100

What type of collagen makes up ligaments and tendons?

collagen type 1

100

What x-ray position focuses on the digits and has them arranged in a way that allows easy visualization of the lateral sides?

Splayed

100

When taking a rad of a broken right leg, how should that leg be positioned?

Affected leg down

200

At what initial level of the horse distal limb will the accessory ligament of the deep digital flexor be absent?

Distal metacarpus

200

Instantaneous muscular contractions in response to a threat is termed?

Tendon guard reflex or withdrawal reflex

200

Which view of the cubital joint is best to view if there is an ununted anneal process on the ulna that may cause elbow dysplasia?

Flexed lateral

200

What pelvic x-ray view is great for assessing the femoral head in the case of femoral head fracture?

Frog

300

What two structures does the distal sesamoid impar ligament attach?

Navicular sesamoid with phalanx 3

300

When is complete stall rest contraindicated in healing tendons of the distal limb of horse?

After initial inflammatory stage

300

Which body conformation is shorter limbs with marked craniolateral bowing a curvature considered normal?

Chondrodystrophic 

300

How does the patella of a cat compare to the patella of a dog in terms of shape?

Cat tapers off distally looking like a teardrop on lateral view

400

At the level of the proximal metacarpus of the horse, what is the order of ligaments from deep to superficial?

(Deepest) suspensory ligament->accessory ligament of deep digital flexor->DDFT->SDFT

400

In what phase of tendon repair is the extracellular matrix composed largely of type 3 collagen?

Cell proliferation phase 

400

What bone can often be seen on a scapula medio-ateral x-ray of a cat but not of a dog?

Clavicle

400

What x-ray position am I in?

Right lateral stifle

500

When viewing the palmar side of the distal equine limb at the level of the pastern with the DDFT removed and more dorsal structures exposed, what ligament can be seen originating on the intersesmoidean ligament and extending distally to insert onto the middle scutum of the middle phalanx?

Straight sesmoidean aka superficial distal sesamoidean

500

At what region of the strain stress graph of tendons will there be rupture of the tendon?

Yield region

500

What landmarks on the distal humerus can help differentiate an x-ray of a cat and an x-ray of a dog?

Cats have supraCondylar foramen

Dogs have supratrochlear foramen


500

What x-ray position am I in?

Skyline of stifle 

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