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Definition of great pastern bone

great pastern bone
Pastern Pas"tern, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[^a]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See Pasture.] 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse. Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone. Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones. 2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight. 3. A patten. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Meaning of great pastern bone from wikipedia

- bones. Distal sesamoidean ligaments: run from the sesamoid bones to the two pastern bones. Important in the stay apparatus as a functional continuation...
- palmar surface of the small pastern bone (PII) and navicular bone, and it connects with the solar surface of P3; the navicular bone functions as a pulley....
- 20 places: a broken cannon bone above the pastern, a broken sesamoid bone behind the fetlock, and a broken long pastern bone below the fetlock. The fetlock...
- breadth relative to body size & m****. May have slight pastern bones relative to large coffin bone. Flat feet limit the soundness of the horse in concussion...
- was euthanized after suffering multiple fractures to the right front pastern bone during the cross-country portion of the event. "Bettina Hoy Sheds Tears...
- long. The coffin bone inside the hoof should line up straight with both bones in the pastern. If the excess hoof is not trimmed, the bones will become misaligned...
- (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bones (also known as the cannon bones) and the proximal phalanx distad (the pastern bone). Anatomically equivalent to the...
- understanding navicular syndrome. The navicular bone lies behind the coffin bone and under the small pastern bone. The deep digital flexor (DDF) tendon runs...
- the hock, run "parallel" to the cannon bone, and touch the ground directly behind "the center of the heel". Pastern and hoof angles of the hindlegs are more...
- children. He was a great friend and companion..." JJ Babu was destro**** in April 1989 at the age of 15, after he fractured a pastern bone at the Fair Hill...