Amylase is a digestive enzyme made primarily by the pancreas and salivary glands. Enzymes are substances made and used by the body to trigger specific chemical reactions.
Luxating patella - a knee cap problem in dogs. The patella, commonly referred to as the knee cap is usually located in the centre of the knee joint. A luxating patella is a knee cap that moves out of its normal location, as indicated by the term luxating which means out of place or dislocated.
The hock joint of a dog is analogous to the ankle joint of humans. The shin bone, called the tibia, is connected to the hock joint which then joins the talus bone (one of the bones of the paw). The fibula (splint bone) runs along the full length of the tibia.