horse feet

Question 1

clinch

Answer 1

top of the nail, stops it

Question 2

names of farrier tools

Answer 2

crease nail cutters
shoe pullers (blunt)

Question 3

name the parts of the heel/frog

Answer 3

heel bulb, central sulcus, frog, frog apex, collateral grooves

Question 4

name three regions of the foot

Answer 4

heel, quarter, toe

Question 5

name the parts of the sole

Answer 5

sole, white line, outer wall, bar

Question 6

name the bones inside the foot

Answer 6

coffin, short pastern, long pastern, navicular

Question 7

name the softer things inside the lower leg/foot

Answer 7

deep digital flexor tendon, digital cushion

Question 8

explain hoof laminae

Answer 8

sensitive laminae are attached to the coffin
insensitive laminae are attached to the hoof wall
coronary band at the top

Question 9

shoe pulling steps

Answer 9

1. cutting the clinch
2. removing the nails (pull straight out)
3. loosening the shoe, careful not to damage the hoof

Question 10

parts of shoe

Answer 10

toe, quarter, heel
inner bar, outer bar
nail, nail hole, clinch, crease