Chapter 4 Ungulates Flashcards
Barrel
Capacity of the chest or trunk
Ungulates
Animals with hooves
Cannon
Third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse Also called the shin bone
Cheek
Fleshy portion of either side of the face
Chest
Part of the body between the neck and the abdomen
Aka thorax
Chestnuts
Horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg.
Coffin joint
Distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates
Coronary band
Junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof aka coronet
Crest
Foot of the mane
The top of the mane to the root of the mane
Ergot
Small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or plantar aspects of the equine fetlock
Fetlock
The area of the limb between the Pastern and the cannon bone
Fetlock joint
Between the cannon bone and fetlock
Flank
Side of the body between the ribs and the ilium
Hock
Tarsal joint
Hoof
Hard covering of the digits in ungulates
Heel
Caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb
Knee
The carpus in ungulates
Mane
Region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck which terminates at the poll
Muzzle
The two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip
Pastern
The area of the limb between the fetlock and the hock
Poll
Top of the head
Shoulder
Region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula
Stifle joint
Femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrapeds
Withers
Region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below the skin
Dock
Solid part of the tail
Pins
Protrusion of the ischium bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants
Sole
Palmar or plantar surface of the hoof; bottom of the hoof
Udder
Mammary gland
Chine
Thoracic region of the back on a goat
Dewclaw
Accessory claw of the ruminant foot that projects caudally from the fetlock
Pinna
Projecting part of the ear lying outside the head
