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Normal Radiographic Anatomy of the Equine Hind Limb Dr. Pack First Year Radiology The Equine Stifle • 2 views normally – Lateral and CC – Slight oblique for OCD • Sedation • Thick muscles • Film placement www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Stifle – Lateral View • Base/Apex of patella • Medial and Lateral ridges of femoral trochlea • Extensor fossa of femur • Fibula • Tibial tuberosity www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Stifle CC View • • • • Patella Condyles Epicondyles Intercondylar eminences • Fibula • Tibial tuberosity www.upei.ca/~vetrad Things that make you go hmm … www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus • • • • • • 4 routine radiographs Dorso-plantar Lateral DMPLO DLPMO Tarsus is very complex www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsal Joints • • • • Tibiotarsal Proximal intertarsal Distal intertarsal Tarsometatarsal www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus DP View • • • • • Tibia Medial malleolus Lateral malleolus Tibial cochlea Talus – Medial trochlear ridge – Lateral trochlear ridge • Calcaneous www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus DP View (cont) • • • • Central tarsal bone 2nd tarsal bone 3rd tarsal bone 4th tarsal bone (2 story bone) • 1st tarsal bone (occasionally seen) • 2nd, 3rd,4th metatarsal bones www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus Lateral View • Sustentaculum tali • Calcaneous • Medial/lateral ridges of the trochlear talus • Tarsal bones – Proximal row – Distal row • Metatarsals www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus DLPMO view • Surfaces seen? • Distal intermediate ridge of the tibia (DIRT) • Trochlear ridges • Calcaneous • Tarsal bones • Metatarsal bones www.upei.ca/~vetrad Equine Tarsus DMPLO View • Surfaces seen? • Distal intermediate ridge of the tibia (DIRT) • Trochlear ridges – Larrys nose • Calcaneous • Tarsal bones • Metatarsal bones www.upei.ca/~vetrad Normal Radiographic Anatomy of the Equine Hind Limb Dr. Pack www.upei.ca/~vetrad/Anatomy