Product Description

This is a tough durable plastic model of a horse’s scapula (shoulder blade) and scapular cartilage.
It is modelled to the size of a 16h2 horse.

Uses

To illustrate:- the shape and Size of the horses shoulder blade the cartilaginous part of the scapula the positioning of the shoulder blade. how the scapula lies against the chest wall how the scapula moves as the horses uses his leg how the angle and conformation of the shoulder  affects movement of the forelimb there is no bony attachment to the rest of the spine that the shoulder is attached to the skeleton by connective tissue attachment only how the shoulder allows movement to occur. The model scapular can demonstrate:- how a well fitted saddle should sit in relation to the scapula how a badly fitting saddle may affect the movement patterns of the forelimb that old style tree points may restrict the shoulder blade

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