chamois
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The condition occurs quite frequently, and because of the important function performed by these bones, active inflammation of the sesamoids constitutes a serious affection.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
As it crosses the sesamoids, on the posterior borders of the fetlock, it throws out fibers which hold it fast to these bones.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
While the heels are well placed on the ground, the toe is correspondingly elevated, with a tendency to turn up—a form of breaking down which was described when speaking of the fracture of the sesamoids.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
There is a pair of large nodular sesamoids behind the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation, and a single large transversely-extended sesamoid behind the joint between the second and third phalanx, called the “navicular bone.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The metacarpo-phalangeal sheath and the ring of the perforatus laid open posteriorly, and the cut edges reflected; the flexor perforans cut through at about the region of the sesamoids, and its inferior portion deflected.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
