fetlock
Sign in to savethumb|Fetlock joint: the joint between the cannon bone and the [[pastern]]
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- Subclass of
- hinge joint
- Image
- Pasterns.jpg
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- found in taxon
- ungulate
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology and related terminology
- Formation
- As a hinge joint
- Anatomy compared to that of humans
- Problems with the fetlock
- See also
- References
thumb|Fetlock joint: the joint between the cannon bone and the [[pastern]]
Fetlock is the common name in horses, large animals, and sometimes dogs for the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints (MCPJ and MTPJ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fetlock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.