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interosseous

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interosseous /in·ter·os·se·ous/ (-os´e-us) between bones.
in·ter·os·se·ous (ntr-s-s) or in·ter·os·se·al (-l)
adj.
Connecting or lying between bones.

interosseous
[-os′ē·əs]
Etymology: L, inter, between, os, bone
pertaining to an area between bones or a structure, such as a ligament, connecting two bones.
Interosseous ligamentenlarge picture
Interosseous ligament

interosseous [in″ter-os´e-us]
between two bones.

interosseous
between two bones.

interosseous tendon
see suspensory ligament (1).


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Basically, splints are the injury and swelling of the interosseous ligament, which holds the splint bone to the cannon bone.
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