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External Anatomical Terms Flashcards

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1
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Top of the head

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POLL

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Region between the eyes and ears, supported by the frontal and parietal bones

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FOREHEAD

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Part of the face supported by the maxillae and nasal bones

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MUZZLE

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Directly below the interdental space in the mouth

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CHIN GROOVE or CURB GROOVE

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Is the portion of empty gum line between the front and cheek teeth

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INTERDENTAL SPACE

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Top line of the neck, a gentle convex curve from the poll to withers

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CREST

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Top of the shoulder where the neck joins the body

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WITHERS

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Top of the spinous process of the tallest thoracic vertebrae

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LUMP

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Point for pulse, lower part of the horse’s neck on both sides; a line of indentation and just above the trachea

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JUGULAR GROOVE

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This is where the the jugular vein, the carotid artery and the sympathetic nerve trunk are located

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JUGULAR GROOVE

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The region around the large joint between the humerus and the scapula

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SHOULDER

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Area under the throat where the head and neck are joined and where the harness throat latch fits

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THROAT LATCH

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Lumbar region of the back; between the thorax and the pelvis

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LOIN

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A muscular area and above the base of the tail in the horse

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CROUP

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Solid part of a horse’s tail

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DOCK

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The caudal terminal appendage of the vertebral column made up of the coccygeal vertebrae and their attendant tissues

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TAIL

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Part of the foreleg supported by the radius and ulna, between the elbow and carpus

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FOREARM

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For ungulates the carpus; also known as the stifle joint or femorotibial joint

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KNEE

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Flattened oval masses of horn on the medial surface of the forearm and hock of the horse

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CHESTNUT

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The third metacarpal and metatarsal of the horse; The third and fourth metacarpal and metatarsal in ruminants

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CANNON

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In ungulates, the segment of the limb between the fetlock and hoof, supported by proximal and middle phalanges

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PASTERN

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Small mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or planter aspects of the fetlock of the horse

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ERGOT

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In ungulates, the place at the rear of the hoof or claw where horn and skin meet and where the wall or the hoof turns horizontally to become the sole

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HEEL

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A horseman’s expression for the horse’s trunk; determined largely by the capacity of the chest

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BARREL

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Homologue to the human knee among quadrupeds; Compose of the femorotibial and femorotibial joints

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STIFFLE

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The muscular portion of the hindleg between the stifle and hock; muscle involve is the gastrocnemius

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GASKIN or SECOND THIGH

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Metacarpo-phalangeal and metatarso-phalangeal joint of large animals

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FETLOCK

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Hair found at the tip of the tail in ruminants

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SWITCH

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Loose skin under the throat and neck which may be pendulous in some breed of cattle

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DEWLAP

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A mass of connective tissue and fat covering the anterior part of the chest ruminants; lies at the most ventral part of the neck, between the forelegs and covering the anterior part of the sternum

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BRISKET

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Circumference of the animal’s chest; use to determine the body weight of an animal without scale

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HEART GIRTH

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A large pendulous organ consisting of two or more mammary glands enclosed in a common envelope (sac) and each provided with a single nipple

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UDDER

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The posterior ends of the pelvic bones that appear as two raised areas on either side of the tail head

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PIN BONE

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In goats, have variable location and occurrence, these are fusiform around 4-5cm long, fleshy masses covered with normal skin and suspended usually from the mandibular area, but there are others that are found below the ears

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WATTLE

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Also known as tassels

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WATTLE

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In fowls, a double fold of skin, similar anatomically to the tissue of the bird’s comb, that are suspended from the birds mandible; bilateral without feathers and have a red and meaty appearance

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WATTLE

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The hollow of the flank, bounded dorsally by the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae, cranially by the last rib and caudally by the muscles of the thigh

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PARALUMBAR FOSSA

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Also known as the “hunger hollow”

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PARALUMBAR FOSSA

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External throat or upper neck, especially if fat or loose skin is present

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JOWL

40
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Group of muscles in the upper thigh

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HAM

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A vascular, red cutaneous structure attached in a sagittal plane to the dorsum of the skull of domestic fowls; consists of a base that is attach to the skull, body which if the central, a backward projecting blade and upward protecting points

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COMB

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A sharp, horn-covered, body projection from the shank of some species of male birds like the male chickens

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SPUR

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The tibia or shin of birds

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SHANK

44
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Also known as the Uropygial Glands; Bilobed oil glands on both sides of the pygostyle of many birds that make their feathers waterproof

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PREEN GLAND

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Also known as frontal process and nasal comb; a cone shaped mass of red-vascular tissue that lies across the base of the turkey’s beak

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SNOOD

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