This section is from the book "The Horse - Its Treatment In Health And Disease", by J. Wortley Axe. Also available from Amazon: The Horse. Its Treatment In Health And Disease.
This variety of diarthrodial joint is found in the knee (fig. 354) and the hock joints where the small flat bones are closely united together, one upon the other, so as to allow simply a limited gliding motion in various directions.
 
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