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From: Clinicopathological findings in horses with a bi- or tripartite navicular bone

Fig. 3

a Case 2. Macroscopic pathological findings of the LF (A) and RF (B) navicular bones (panels 1: distal interphalangeal joint articular surface, panels 2: transverse cut surface, formalin-fixed). Both navicular bones consist of three approximately same-sized bony pieces connected by fibrillary tissue. On the transverse cut surface of both bones, round variable-sized well-demarcated cystic structures can be appreciated near the connection sites. The articular surface is markedly irregular. L?=?lateral side, M?=?medial side. b Case 2. Transverse section of the navicular bones was made as shown in panel B (red lines), resulting in a front part A and a back part B. The Fig. 3: A2 and B2 are the front parts A of the bones after making the transverse sections and rotated 180°, as shown in panels C and D. The cystic change as situated in Fig. 3a: A2 is shown here as a white circle (asterisk); L?=?lateral; M?=?medial

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