Head to toe Chapter 4 Common terms for equestrian species

Question 1

bars

Answer 1

raised v-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof.

Question 2

cannon bone

Answer 2

third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse; also called the shin bone

Question 3

cheek

Answer 3

fleshy portion of either side of the face; forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips

Question 4

chest

Answer 4

part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; the thorax

Question 5

chestnuts

Answer 5

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

Question 6

coffin joint

Answer 6

distal interphalangeal joint (joint between the short pastern and coffin bones (phalanges II and III respectively)) in ungulates (Figure 4-2a b and c)

Question 7

corners

Answer 7

third incisors of equine

Question 8

Coronary band

Answer 8

junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof; also called the coronet

Question 9

Crest

Answer 9

root of the mane

Question 10

croup

Answer 10

muscular area around and above the tail base

Question 11

cutters

Answer 11

second incisors of equine

Question 12

dock

Answer 12

solid part of the equine tail

Question 13

Elbow

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Ergot

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Fetlock

Answer 15

area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon

Question 16

fetlock joint

Answer 16

metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint (joint between the cannon bone and thelong pastern bone (phalanx1)) in ungalates

Question 17

flank

Answer 17

side of the body between the ribs and ilium

Question 18

forelock

Answer 18

in maned animals, the most cranial part of the mane hanging down between the ears and onto the forehead.

Question 19

frog

Answer 19

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

Question 20

gaskin

Answer 20

muscular portion of the hind limb between the stifle and the hock also called the crus

Question 21

heart girth

Answer 21

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

Question 22

heel

Answer 22

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

Question 23

hock

Answer 23

tarsal joint; also called the tarsus

Question 24

hoof

Answer 24

hard covering of the digit in ungulates

Question 25

hoof wall

Answer 25

hard, horny outer layer of the covering of the digit in ungulates.

Question 26

knee

Answer 26

carpus in ungulates (an ungulate is an animal with hooves.)

Question 27

loin

Answer 27

lumbar region of the back between the thorax and pelvis

Question 28

mane

Answer 28

region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck and terminating t the poll.

Question 29

muzzle

Answer 29

two nostrils (including the skin and fascia) and the muscles of the upper and lover lip.

Question 30

nippers

Answer 30

central incisors of equine

Question 31

paralumbar fossa

Answer 31

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)

Question 32

pastern

Answer 32

area of the limb between the fetlock and the hoof

Question 33

pastern joint

Answer 33

proximal interphalangeal joint (joint between the long and short pastern bones (phalanges I and II respectively)) in ungulates

Question 34

poll

Answer 34

top of the head; occiput; nuchal crest

Question 35

quarter

Answer 35

lateral or medial side of the hoof

Question 36

shoulder

Answer 36

region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula

Question 37

sole

Answer 37

palmar or plantar surface of the hoof; irregular crescent-shaped bottom of the hoof

Question 38

stifle joint

Answer 38

femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds

Question 39

tail

Answer 39

caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond the trunk

Question 40

tail head

Answer 40

base of the tail where it connects to the body

Question 41

teat

Answer 41

nipple of mammary gland

Question 42

toe

Answer 42

cranial side of the hoof

Question 43

udder

Answer 43

mammary gland

Question 44

white line

Answer 44

fusion between the wall and sole of the hoof

Question 45

withers

Answer 45

region over the dorsum where the neck joints the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below the skin