Cattle Terms Chapter 4

Question 1

Brisket

Answer 1

Mass of connective tissue muscle and fat covering the cranial ventral part of the remnant chest between the forelegs

Question 2

Cannon bone

Answer 2

3rd and 4th metacarpal and metaphorsal of the ruminant also called the shin bone

Question 3

Coffin joint

Answer 3

Distal interphalangeal joint ( joint between the short pattern and coffin bones phalanges two and three respectively) in ungulates.

Question 4

Crest

Answer 4

Dorsal margin of the neck

Question 5

Dewclaw

Answer 5

Accessory claw of the remnant foot the projects coudially from the fetlock

Question 6

Dewlop

Answer 6

Loose skin under the throat and neck which may become pendulous in some breeds

Question 7

Dock

Answer 7

Solid part of the tail

Question 8

Elbow

Answer 8

Forelim joint formed by the distal humerus proximal radius and proximal ulna

Question 9

Fetlock joint

Answer 9

Joint between the cannon bone and the long passion bone in ungulates

Question 10

Forearm

Answer 10

Part of the four leg supported by the radius in the ulna between the elbow and knee

Question 11

Forehead

Answer 11

Region of the head between the eyes and the ears

Question 12

Heart girth

Answer 12

Circumference of the chest just caudal you to the shoulder and cranial to the back

Question 13

Heel

Answer 13

Caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb

Question 14

Hock

Answer 14

Tarsal join also called Tarsus

Question 15

Hoof

Answer 15

Hard covering of the digit in the ungulates

Question 16

Hoof wall

Answer 16

Hard horny outer layer of the covering of the digit in ungulates

Question 17

Hooks

Answer 17

Protrusion of the wing of the ilium on the dorsolateral area of reminants

Question 18

Knee

Answer 18

Corpus in the ungulates

Question 19

Loin

Answer 19

Lumber region of the back between the thorax and the pelvis

Question 20

Muzzle

Answer 20

Two nostrils ( including the skin and fascia) in the muscles of the upper and lower lip

Question 21

Paralumbar fossa

Answer 21

Hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse process of the lumbar vertebrae (dorsely) in the last rib (cranially) and the thigh muscle (causally)

Question 22

Pastern joint

Answer 22

Proximal interphalangeal joint (joint between the long and short pastern and bones (phalanges one and two respectively)) in unlgulates

Question 23

Pins

Answer 23

Protrusion of the ECM bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants.

Question 24

Poll

Answer 24

Top of the head, occiput, nuchal crest.

Question 25

Quarter

Answer 25

One of the four glands in the cow’s udder

Question 26

Stifle joint

Answer 26

Femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds

Question 27

Switch

Answer 27

Tuft of hair at the end of the tail

Question 28

Tail

Answer 28

Caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond the trunk

Question 29

Tail head

Answer 29

Base of the tail where it connects to the body

Question 30

Toe

Answer 30

Cranial end of the hoof