Chapter 4 Equine

Question 0

Cannon bone

Answer 0

Third metacarpal or metatarsal of horse

Aka shin bone

Question 1

Bars

Answer 1

Raised V shaped structure on distal surface of hoof

Question 2

Chestnuts

Answer 2

Horny, irregular growths on medial surface of leg

Question 3

Corners

Answer 3

Third incisors of equine

Question 4

Coronary band

Answer 4

Junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof

Aka coronet

Question 5

Crest

Answer 5

Root of the mane

Question 6

Croup

Answer 6

Muscular area around and above the tail base

Question 7

Cutters

Answer 7

Second incisors of equine

Question 8

Dock

Answer 8

Solid part of the equine tail

Question 9

Elbow

Answer 9

Forelimb joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna

Question 10

Ergot

Answer 10

Small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on palmar or plantar aspects if equine fetlock

Question 11

Fetlock

Answer 11

Area of limb between Pasternak and cannon

Question 12

Fetlock joint

Answer 12

Joint between cannon bone and long Pastern bone

Question 13

Flank

Answer 13

Side of the body between the ribs and ilium

Question 14

Forelock

Answer 14

Most cranial part of the mane hanging down between ears and onto forehead

Question 15

Gaskin

Answer 15

Muscular portion of the hindlimb between the stifle and hock

Aka crus

Question 16

Heart girth

Answer 16

Circumference of the chest just caudal to the shoulders and cranial to back

Question 17

Heel

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Hock

Answer 18

Tarsal joint

Question 19

Knee

Answer 19

Carpus in ungulates

Question 20

Loin

Answer 20

Lumbar region I back between thorax and pelvis

Question 21

Nippers

Answer 21

Central incisors of equine

Question 22

Para lumbar fossa

Answer 22

Hollow area of flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae, last rib, and thigh muscles

Question 23

Poll

Answer 23

Top of head, occiput, nuchal crest

Question 24

Quarter

Answer 24

Lateral or medial side of hoof

Question 25

Tail head

Answer 25

Base of the tail where it connects to the body

Question 26

Teat

Answer 26

Nipple of mammary gland

Question 27

Toe

Answer 27

Cranial side of hoof

Question 28

Udder

Answer 28

Mammary gland

Question 29

White line

Answer 29

Fusion between wall and some of hoof

Question 30

Withers

Answer 30

Region over sprain where neck joins thorax an where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below skin