| Achilles tendon (called also common calcaneus tendon) |
The group of tendons that insert on the calcaneus near the point of the hock |
| Ambulatory | walking or able to walk |
| Arthrodesis | Surgical fusion of a joint |
| Biomechanical | The science that deals with the effects of forces on a living organism, especially the effects of gravity |
| Brachial plexus | Nerve plexus that give off the principal nerve to shoulder and forelimbs |
| Bulbous | having the form or nature of a bulb |
| Calcaneus (called also heel bone) |
The irregular quadrangular bone at the tarus |
| Carpus / Carpal joint | Six-eight bones that make up the wrist joint in dogs and cats |
| Carpal Hyperextension | Carpal joint extension beyond the normal limit |
| Cervical | Pertaining to the head or to the cervix |
| Chronic | Lasting long time |
| Congenital | Present at and exiting from the time of birth |
| Contractures | Abnormal shortening of the muscles tissue, rendering the muscle highly resistant to stretching |
| Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL/ACL) | A ligament in the knee that attaches the upper part of the leg to the lower part of the leg |
| Distal | The furthest to a point of reference, as a to a center or median or to the point of attachment or origin |
| Functional | Of or having to do with function or functions |
| Gait cycle | The manner or the style of locomotion |
| Hip dysplasia | degenerative disease of the hip joint, lax joint, weak rump |
| Lateral | Pertain to or situated away from the midline |
| Luxation | Dislocation |
| Medial | Pertain to or situated towards the midline |
| Metatarsal | Five bones of the paw between the toes and tarsal joint |
| Patella Luxation | Knee cap dislocation |
| Pathology (Pathologically) | The branch of veterinary science treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in the body tissue and organs, which cause or are caused by disease |
| Postoperative | After surgery |
| Prophylactic | Tending to ward off disease; pertaining to prophylaxis |
| Prophylaxis | Prevention of disease; preventive treatment |
| Proximal | Nearest to a point of reference, as a to a center or median or to the point of attachment or origin |
| Radial | Forearm bone |
| Rehabilitative | Of or having to rehabilitation |
| Subluxating | Partial dislocation |
| Ulna | Forearm bone |
| Tarsus / tarsal Joint | The hock or ankle made up of seven bones |
| Tarsal Hyperflexion | Tarsal joint extension beyond the normal limit |
| Thermoforming plastic | Solid base plastic requiring heat for moulding applications |
| Thermosetting plastic | Liquid base plastics that require heat/chemicals to cure and become hard |
| Traumatic | Pertaining to, resulting from, or causing trauma |
| Wobblers | Compression of the cervical spinal cord caused by caudal cervical vertebral malformation-malarticulation or instability |