Chapter 4 Head to Toe

Question 1

v-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof

Answer 1

bar

Question 2

horny, irregular growth on medial aspect of the equine leg

Answer 2

chestnuts

Question 3

distal, interphalangeal joint

Answer 3

coffin joint

Question 4

junction between the skin and the horn of the hood

Answer 4

coronary band (AKA coronet)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

elbow

Question 6

area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon

Answer 6

fetlock

Question 7

side of the body between the ribs and the ilium

Answer 7

flank

Question 8

v-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof

Answer 8

frog

Question 9

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

Answer 9

heart girth

Question 10

tarsal joint

Answer 10

hock

Question 11

hard covering of the digit in ungulates

Answer 11

hoof

Question 12

carpus in ungulates

Answer 12

knee

Question 13

animal with hooves

Answer 13

ungulate

Question 14

two nostrils and and the muscles of the upper lip

Answer 14

muzzle

Question 15

area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof

Answer 15

pastern

Question 16

central incisors of equine

Answer 16

nippers

Question 17

hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae (dorsally), the last rib (cranially), and the thigh muscles (caudally)

Answer 17

paralumbar fossa

Question 18

top of the head

Answer 18

poll

Question 19

base of the tail, where the tail connects to the body

Answer 19

tailhead

Question 20

region over the dorsum, where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the just below the skin

Answer 20

whithers

Question 21

the nipple of the mammary gland

Answer 21

teat

Question 22

the mammary gland

Answer 22

udder

Question 23

appendages suspended from the head, under the chin in small ruminants

Answer 23

wattle

Question 24

pertaining to the foot

Answer 24

pedal

Question 25

projecting part of the ear, lying outside the head

Answer 25

pinna

Question 26

mass of connective tissue, muscle and fat covering the cranioventral portion of the ruminant chest

Answer 26

brisket

Question 27

accessory claw that projects off the foot

Answer 27

dewclaw

Question 28

lateral or medial side of the hoof in a horse

Answer 28

quarter