Equine pelvic limb topography

Croup

Equine term for the rump

Rump

What is the croup

Tuber coxae (of the ilium)

What is the point of the hip

Point of the hip

Equine term for the tuber coxae

The region between the hip and stifle joints

What is considered the thigh

Thigh

Region between the hip and stifle joints

Stifle

Common name of the compound joint that includes the femoropatellar and femorotibial joints

Femoropatellar joint

Femorotibial joint

What are the components of the stifle joint

Leg

Crus

Gaskin

The region between the stifle and tarsus

Gaskin

Horse term for the leg/crus

Region or joint

Tarsus/ tarsal joint

What is the hock

Hock

Equine term for the tarsus/ tarsal joint

Tuber calcanei

What is the point of the hock

Point of the hock

Equine term for the tuber calcanei

Chestnut

The remnant of the tarsal pad on the medial hock joint

Remnant of tarsal pad on medial hock joint

What is the chestnut

Can be region or bone

Cannon region/ cannon bone

Equine term for the metatarsus

Metatarsus

Cannon

The region between the hock and fetlock joints

Region or joint

Fetlock region/ fetlock joint

Ankle

Equine term for metatarsophalangeal joint

Metatarsophalangeal joint

The fetlock joint refers to...

Ergot

Remnant of metatarsal pad at the level of the fetlock

Remnant of metatarsal pad at the level of the fetlock

What is the ergot

Region or joint

Pastern

Area between the fetlock and the hoof

Coronet

Junction of the skin and hoof

Junction of the skin and hoof

What is the coronet

All the structures from the hock to the hoof including the hoof contents

What is the pes

Pes

Regional term for all the structures from the hock to the hoof including the hoof contents