Meaning & History. Derived from the Slavic elements miru peace, world and slava glory. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Croatia, who presided over a civil war.eaning & History. Derived from the Slavic elements miru peace, world and slava glory. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Croatia, who presided over a civil war.
The stifle joint includes the kneecap and its ligaments and is the most complex joint in the horse. The stifle is similar to the human knee and is found on the hind limbs of the horse. A thin capsule surrounds the entire stifle joint that has a specialized fluid to help with shock absorption and lubrication.
There are four main tendons and ligaments at the back of the horse's leg that do the majority of the work: suspensory ligament, inferior check ligament, deep digital flexor tendon and the superficial digital flexor tendon. In a horse's forelegs, these four structures are the most commonly injured tendons and ligaments.