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List of Tables
1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Predictable sites of stress fractures and stress remodelling.Table 3.2 Features and qualifiers of features applicable to fracture descri...
2 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Appropriate sedatives for acute fracture management.Table 7.2 Recommended doses of opioid analgesics.
3 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Design details of screws commonly used in equine surgery includin...Table 8.2 Geometric details of standard and special plates used in horses.
4 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Pre‐operative surgical checklist for equine osteosynthesis.Table 9.2 Classification of open fractures and reported risk of infection i...
5 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Dose ranges of sedative and opioid drugs commonly used in horses...Table 10.2 Dose ranges of induction agents and muscle relaxants commonly us...Table 10.3 Peripheral nerve blocks used to produce analgesia of the distal ...
6 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Equipment for cast removal.
7 Chapter 15Table 15.1 General rehabilitation guidelines.Table 15.2 Techniques to improve muscle function and reduce compensatory mu...
8 Chapter 24Table 24.1 Location of carpal chip fractures in 591 racehorses (principally...Table 24.2 Specific location of carpal chip fractures in racing TB and raci...Table 24.3 Radiographic projections in which individual slab fractures of t...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Number of papers on equine fractures published in the veterinary ...
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Normal femur of an embryonic mouse (a) and one that was transplan...Figure 2.2 Third metatarsal bones from a neonatal Thoroughbred foal (left) a...Figure 2.3 Diagrammatic illustration of blood supply to a long bone of the a...Figure 2.4 Microradiograph of a 100 μm thick, undecalcified section of corti...Figure 2.5 Composite photomicrograph of a transverse section through the lat...Figure 2.6 Diagrammatic illustration of plexiform bone, based on the histolo...Figure 2.7 The geometric properties of bone can be modified through the coor...Figure 2.8 Diagrammatic representation of an isolated secondary osteon compl...Figure 2.9 Model of hierarchical structure of collagen fibrils. Three helica...Figure 2.10 Schematic diagram showing progressive steps in the mineralizatio...Figure 2.11 Graphical and schematic illustrations of the relationship betwee...Figure 2.12 Graphical and schematic illustrations of the relationship betwee...Figure 2.13 Graphical and schematic illustrations of the relationship betwee...Figure 2.14 Schematic to illustrate the effects of the mechanical properties...Figure 2.15 Effects of progressive radiation damage to the organic phase of ...Figure 2.16 Eccentric compressive loading on bones of the appendicular skele...Figure 2.17 Line drawing illustrating the stress intensity (colour density) ...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Schematic illustration of bone microstructure showing major osteo...Figure 3.2 Common fracture configurations and simplified causative forces il...Figure 3.3 Tensile loads cause the bone to elongate and narrow. Failure occu...Figure 3.4 Compressive loads cause the bone to shorten and widen. Failure oc...Figure 3.5 Shear stresses arising from torsional loading result in tensile a...Figure 3.6 Bending creates tensile and compressive loads on different sides ...Figure 3.7 Three‐point bending configurations have a central load point at t...Figure 3.8 A shear force is an external force acting on an object or surface...Figure 3.9 Representative load–deformation curve for a whole bone.Figure 3.10 Diagrammatic representations of stresses and strains. (a) A forc...Figure