The stifle joint
Mammals have a joint in the middle of the leg that is called a knee. In humans this joint allows the leg to bend backwards.
A horses leg is called a leg, but it has several names for different areas of the leg like cannon, hock and gaskin.
If your referring to the knee joint it is the tibiofemoral joint.
the fetlock is the horses ankle joint, it's the big round joint at the end of the horses leg right above the pastern and hoof.
the fetlock is the horses ankle joint, it's the big round joint at the end of the horses leg right above the pastern and hoof.
It depends on wich part you are talking about. there are three. The feltlock, the pastern, and the ergot.
Cows do not have ankles like humans. Instead, cows have a joint in their leg called the fetlock joint, which is similar to a human's ankle joint but is higher up on the leg.
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a knee The joint in the middle of a leg is called a knee. It enables the person to walk upright. Men have this joint as well, so it is a universal anatomical feature.
the ball and socket joint, also known as the hip joints.
There are several different joints in the back leg of the horse. The joint high up near the flank is called the stifle joint. Next will be the hock, the 'backward knee' half way down the leg. At the bottom right above the hoof is the ankle joint.
The upper leg bone connected to the torso is called the femur. It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body, extending from the hip joint to the knee joint. At its proximal end, the femur connects to the pelvis, forming the hip joint, which allows for a wide range of movement in the leg.