Innervation of the equine hip and stifle joint capsules
Rankin, J.S.; Diesem, C.D.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 169(6): 614-619
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 965281 Document Number: 101629
The hindlimbs of 3 ponies and 3 horses were dissected. The hip joint capsule was found to receive articular nerve fibres from the femoral, obturator, cranial gluteal, and sciatic nerves. The nerve fibres were distributed to fibrous joint capsule and associated capsular ligaments. The stifle joint capsule was found to receive articular branches from the femoral, saphenous, obturator, common peroneal, and tibial nerves. The fibres terminated in the joint capsule, fat pad, patellar and collateral ligaments, and the internally situated meniscal and cruciate ligaments.