Ch 4 Med Term

Question 1

barrel

Answer 1

capacity of chest or trunk

Question 2

cheek

Answer 2

fleshy portion of either side of the face

Question 3

chestnut

Answer 3

horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg; just above the knee; in rear legs, near the hock

Question 4

ergot

Answer 4

small keratinized mass of horn covered by hair on the equine fetlock

Question 5

gaskin

Answer 5

muscular portion of hindlimbs between stifle and hock

Question 6

knee

Answer 6

carpus in ungulates

Question 7

loin

Answer 7

lumbar region of the back between thorax and pelvis

Question 8

mane

Answer 8

region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of neck, terminates at poll

Question 9

paralumbar fossa

Answer 9

hollow area of flank; between last rib and thigh muscle; forms a triangle

Question 10

poll

Answer 10

top of head

Question 11

tail head

Answer 11

base of tail where it connects to the body

Question 12

teat

Answer 12

nipple of mammary gland

Question 13

udder

Answer 13

mammary gland

Question 14

withers

Answer 14

region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax

Question 15

brisket

Answer 15

mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the cranioventral part of the ruminant chest between forelimbs

Question 16

dewclaw

Answer 16

accessory claw of the ruminant foot that projects caudally from fetlock

Question 17

dewlap

Answer 17

loose skin under the throat and neck

Question 18

heart girth

Answer 18

circumference of chest, caudal to shoulders and cranial to back

Question 19

hooks

Answer 19

protrusions of the wing of ilium

Question 20

pins

Answer 20

protrusion of ischium bones

Question 21

switch

Answer 21

tuft of hair at the end of the tail in cattle

Question 22

rump

Answer 22

sacral to tailhead region of the back

Question 23

pinna

Answer 23

projecting part of the ear lying outside the head