S. Breit, OBSERVATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQ UINE DISTAL INTERPHALANGEALJOINT CAVITY CONCERNING THE PELVIC LIMB OF FETUSES, FILLIES AND ADULTHORSES, ANAT HISTOL, 26(1), 1997, pp. 45-48
Ten horses, younger than 1 year, were used to investigate the articula
tio interphalangea distalis of the pelvic limb. The expansion of the d
orsal recess was compared to those of adult horses. The recessus dorsa
lis always formed a shape like the letter 'm' or like a triangle with
oblique angles. Consequently the great proximo-distal expansion on the
medial side of the dorsal recess very probably has nothing to do with
the age of horses.