Gross anatomy of the ligaments of fetlock joint in dromedary camel Nourinezhad Jamal*, Mazaheri Yazan, Mahabady Mahmood Khaksary Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran *Email: j.nourinezhad@scu.ac.ir
Online published on 3 September, 2012. Abstract Gross anatomy of the fetlock joint of the seven male adult one- humped camels were studied. In present study, the tendinous middle interosseous muscle, interdigital intersesamoid and straight sesamoid ligaments were observed. However, there was no proximal interdigital ligament. In conclusion, we found that the gross anatomy of the ligaments in one-humped camel fetlock joint share remarkable similarities with horses, and certain differences, with bactrian camel and domestic ruminants. Top Keywords Anatomy, dromedary camel, fetlock joint, ligament, metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint. Top |