page_title: Fetlock
section_title: Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Fetlock / Formation
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a lateral (side) view of the bones of the equine forelimb, distal to the carpus. The bones are labelled in English (maybe somebody could also label the joints too? - I'll get around to it sometime).
context_page_description: Fetlock is the common name in horses, large animals, and sometimes dogs for the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints.
  Although it somewhat resembles the human ankle in appearance, the joint is technically more similar to the ball of the foot. In anatomical terms, the hoof corresponds to the toe, rather than the whole foot.
context_section_description: A fetlock (a MCPJ or a MTPJ) is formed by the junction of the third metacarpal (in the forelimb) or metatarsal (in the hindlimb) bones, either of which are commonly called the cannon bones, proximad and the proximal phalanx distad, commonly called the pastern bone.  
  Paired proximal sesamoid bones form the joint with the palmar or plantar distal surface of the third metacarpal or metatarsal bones, and are rigidly fixed to the proximo-palmar or -plantar edge of the proximal phalanx.
caption: Skeleton of the lower forelimb
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