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Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
The following definitions are taken from the book “Equine Lameness for the Layman” by Dr. Robert Grisel
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Amphiarthrodial Joint
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Amphiarthrodial Joint
A fibrocartinagenous junction that allows limited motion between articulating bones.
Examples: The junction between the pubic bones of the pelvis. The articulation between the first pair of ribs and the sternum.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Ascending Movement
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Ascending Movement
Upward motion of one or more body parts.
Example: the up and down motion of the top of the hip when the horse is walking.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Axial Skeleton
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Axial Skeleton
Consists of the horse’s head, vertebral column, and sacrum
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Axial Lameness
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Axial Lameness
Altered movement stemming from one or more structures associated with the axial skeleton.
Temporomandibular synovitis (TMJ), cervical arthrosis and “kissing spines” all have the potential to generate axial lameness in the horse.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Biomechanical Lameness
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Biomechanical Lameness
Altered movement(s) made in an attempt to accommodate restricted or exaggerated action of one or more parts of the horse’s anatomy (usually the limbs).
Many forms of biomechanical lameness have no inflammatory component and accordingly do not hurt.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Circumduction
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Circumduction
The circular or conical movement of a limb relative to the horse’s body. During protraction, the circumducting limb moves away from the midline before moving back toward it, thus tracing a semicircle.
This gait deficit is most often associated with neurologic disease in the horse.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Descending Movement
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Descending Movement
Downward motion of one or more body parts.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Desmitis
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Desmitis
Inflammation of ligament tissue.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Desmopathy
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Desmopathy
Ligament disease.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Diarthrodial Joint
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Diarthrodial Joint
A freely-movable joint characterized by the presence of a fibrous capsule, synovial membrane, lubricating (synovial) fluid and fibro-or hyaline cartilage layers which line opposing surfaces.
Examples: The elbow joint and stifle joint.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Excursion
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Excursion
Excessive up-and-down movement of one or more of the horse’s body parts.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Fibrocartilagenous Joint
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Fibrocartilagenous Joint
Formed via the presence of an intervertebral disc.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Negative palmar/plantar angulation
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Negative palmar/plantar angulationAbnormal positioning (angulation) of the third phalanx (aka P3, coffin, or pedal bone) within the hoof capsule; the front of the bone is elevated relative to the back of the bone and ground surface.
Palmar refers to the front hoof, plantar refers to the hind hoof.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Off side
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Off side
The horse’s right side, also known as the far side.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
On side
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
On side
The horse’s left side, also known as the near side.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Pathognomic
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Pathognomic
Distinctly peculiar to a specific disease or condition.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Sagittal Plane
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Sagittal Plane
Any plane parallel to the median plane. For instance, a plane dividing the right and left sides of a hoof.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Synarthrodial Joint
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Synarthrodial Joint
A fibrous junction that allows little or no motion between articulating bones.
Examples: The attachment of the splint bone to the cannon bone. The attachment of the bone plates in the horse’s skull.
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Transverse Plane
Issues that Affect Performance CourseSection 1 Learning Activity - Definitions
Transverse Plane
Passes through the head, body, or limb perpendicular to the part’s long axis.
This plane would be different depending upon which body part you were discussing.
