title: Systematic exploration of the equine tarsus by ultrasonography.
abstract: The authors propose a standard protocol of ultrasonographic exploration of the tarsal region in transversal and longitudinal planes, with the aim to spread with an accurate location of the anatomical structures. For this study, 10 adult horses of different races and ages (ranged 5-10 years) were used, with the characteristic of not having suffered any kind of tarsic pathology. The equipment was a real time ultrasound machine with a 7.5 mHz lineal transducer. Some different anatomical structures in this region of the hind-limb such as the tendons, ligaments, muscles and articular components were identified and labelled as regards their echoic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary of ULPGC, Las Palmas, Spain. jvilar@dpat.ulpgc.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arencibia
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinedo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D012016:Reference Values; D013643:Tarsus, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography