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fetlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fetlock joint |
| Type of | joint, articulatio, articulation |
Examples of fetlock
fetlock
There was a joint issue with a fetlock sprain when the nominations closed.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
It confirmed compound fractures of both front legs at the fetlock joints.
From the thenewstribune.com
The horse I saw on the operating table needed a fetlock, as well as a hock, to be sorted out.
From the telegraph.co.uk
When we brought him back he had a little problem from the fetlock down to the pastern area.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
The folks who wouldn't otherwise know a fetlock from a forelock.
From the theatlantic.com
Autopsy results on Thursday confirmed compound fractures of both front legs at the fetlock joints.
From the delawareonline.com
The great one, Dan Carter, blows a fetlock and a nation's collective heartbeat goes into spasm.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Lengths of wire were strung across the road at the height of a horse's fetlock and a rider's neck.
From the time.com
She suffered open fractures of the sesamoids in her right foreleg and dislocation of the fetlock joint.
From the courier-journal.com
- The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
- Projection behind and above a horse's hoof
- Fetlock is the common name for the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints (MCPJ and MTPJ) of horses, large animals, and sometimes dogs. ...
- A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof, also called the "ankle"
- Joint formed by the cannon, pastern and sesamoid bones
- The "ankle" joint of each leg.
- Sometimes (incorrectly) called the "ankle" of the horse, though it is not the same skeletal structure as an ankle in humans. Known to anatomists as the metacarpophalangeal joint; homologous to the "ball" of the foot or the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers in humans.
