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In the horse, which we take as a type, the tendons of the flexors, after being retained in position at the carpus by a fibrous band, the carpal sheath, which recalls the anterior annular ligament of the human carpus, and having passed this region, descend vertically, remaining separated from the posterior surface of the metacarpus, so that the skin sinks slightly on the lateral parts in front of the thick cord which these tendons form.

This is intelligible enough; for in hocks so formed, the annular ligament must be continually on the stretch, in order to confine the tendon.

If the heat and lameness are considerable, it will be prudent to give a dose of physic, and to bleed from the subcutaneous vein, whose course is near it; and whether the injury is of the annular ligament, or the sheath of the tendon, more active means will be necessary to perfect a cure.

The Flexor of the Thumb takes its rise from the upper and inner part of the Radius, passes under the Annular Ligament, as also under the Thenar, and adheres to the first and second Bones of the same Thumb to bend it.

The Cubit�us Internus derives its Original from the part of the Arm-Bone, passeth under the Annular Ligament, and is ty'd by a thick Tendon to the small Bone of the Wrist, which is plac'd above the others.