Sesamoid Bones
Small bones attached to the cannon and pastern by ligaments
Sire
The father of a horse ...
sesamoid bones - Two small bones (medial and lateral sesamoids) located above and at the back of the fetlock joint.
In the front leg, where the cannon, pastern, and sesamoid bones join.
Hoof:
The foot of the horse.
Yearlings with fragments in the hind fetlocks also were less likely to start a race as were yearlings with spur formations in the hind sesamoid bones.
The lower leg bones of a horse correspond to the bones of the human hand or foot, and the fetlock (incorrectly called the "ankle") is actually the proximal sesamoid bones between the cannon bones (a single equivalent to the human metacarpal or ...
 See also: Fetlock, Hock, Cannon, Yearling, Gallop
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