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Common or
long digital Distal end of Common or
extensor splint bone long digital Distal end of
tendon extensor splint bone
VetBooks.ir Branch of Branch of
tendon
suspensory ligament
suspensory ligament
Collateral
sesamoidean Collateral
Condyle of ligament Condyle of sesamoidean
cannon bone cannon bone ligament

Figure 2.169. Injection of the proximal palmar/plantar pouch of
the fetlock joint with the limb flexed. Figure 2.170. Lateral view of the injection site through the
collateral sesamoidean ligament into the fetlock joint. Synovial fluid
is reliably obtained with this technique.

Common or
long digital
extensor tendon

First
phalanx

Extensor
process
Dorsal branch of
Coronary band suspensory ligament
Second Collateral ligament
phalanx of pastern joint

Third phalanx

Figure 2.171. Location of injection for the distal palmar/plantar approach to the fetlock joint in the standing horse.

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