10.24.96--------begin lecture---------


today: switch to thoracic limb. switch from goat-->horse and vice versa

recall the stay apparatus.dlimb one is much more specialized, but the 
front leg does have some changes too. the biceps tendon of origin is 
different.

back to equine GI tract. 
smallwood p 68-72. go up to the hanging carcass and read from this 
section and follow along from this part of the book.

[diagram of equine gi tract]
some things not in the book. there are some folds...mesenteric 
attachments of part of gi tract. soft tissue between right ventral colon 
and apex and body of cecum is the CECOCOLIC FOLD. the ILEOCECAL FOLD is 
between the ileum and the cecum. The CRANIAL MESENTERIC ARTERY is a good 
landmark. know where it is. the RIGHT COLIC ARTERY supplies the ascending 
colon, and is within the mesocolon.
know the sternal, diaphragmatic and pelvic flexures of the colon, and 
knwo the renosplenic ligament.

note that in horse, cecum: comma shaped, apex faces cranially. in 
ruminant, cecum is straight and apex faces caudally.