Lesson 1

Question 1

Approach

Answer 1

• Initial Evaluation Standing Square on Hard Surface
• Conformation Assessment
• History, History, History
• Establish a friendly conversation with the owner
• Eye Contact: Owner & Horse

Question 2

Palpate/ palpation

Answer 2

Physical examination

Question 3

Hands on work actions / decisions

Answer 3

• Observe stance – limb position
• Palpate muscle tension
• Response to Palpation
• Owner vs. Assistant to restrain
• Stall vs. Cross Ties

Question 4

When should owners handle the horse

Answer 4

Biters, kickers, stall dominate behavior, aggressive towards other horses/humans should be handled by their owner

Question 5

What kind of restrains can be used

Answer 5

estraint?
- Chains, twitch, muzzle, bitted halters, hobbles, kick chains, and etc. are all different types of restraint methods that can be used.

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

the back surface or topline

Question 7

Ventral

Answer 7

Underneath the belly

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

Divides horse into left and right halves

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Lateral - away from the middle plane (mid-line) of the horse’s body

Question 10

Cranial

Answer 10

Towards the head

Question 11

Rostral

Answer 11

Towards the front of mouth

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

Towards the rear

Question 13

Proximal

Answer 13

Closer to body or point of attachment

Question 14

Distal

Answer 14

Toward lower part of limb (knee or hock)

Question 15

Palmar

Answer 15

Front feet

Question 16

Plantar

Answer 16

Back feet

Question 17

Flexión

Answer 17

Decreasing a joint angle

Question 18

Extension

Answer 18

Stretching of a joint

Question 19

Abduction

Answer 19

To move a a limb away from the mid-line of the body

Question 20

Addiction

Answer 20

To move a limb toward the mid line of the body

Question 21

Addiction

Answer 21

To move a limb toward the mid line of the body

Question 22

Circumduction

Answer 22

Circular movement of a body part

Question 23

Supination / pronation

Answer 23

Rotational movement

Question 24

How many bones on vertebrate

Answer 24

56

Question 25

How many cervical bones on vertebrate

Answer 25

7

Question 26

How many thoracic bones on vertebrate

Answer 26

18 (17-19)

Question 27

How many lumbar bones on vertebrate

Answer 27

6 (5-7)

Question 28

How many sacral bones on vertebrate

Answer 28

5

Question 29

How many caudal bones on vertebrate

Answer 29

15-21

Question 30

Boney landmark for sp 1

Answer 30

Spinous process of c2

Question 31

Sp 1 name

Answer 31

Obliqus Capitis Caudalis

Question 32

Boney landmark sp2

Answer 32

Transverse process of c5

Question 33

Sp 2 name

Answer 33

Brachiocephalicus

Question 34

Boney landmark sp 3

Answer 34

Transverse process of T1 Cranial border of Scapula midway.

Question 35

What stress point requires you to pull the head toward you, and you push behind edge of scapula

Answer 35

Sp 3

Question 36

Sp 3 name

Answer 36

Multifidus Cervical Point

Question 37

Boney landmarks for sp 4,5,6

Answer 37

Spinous process of T5, T6, T7

Question 38

Use finger tips, not fingernail

Answer 38

Sp 4,5,6

Question 39

Sp 4,5,6 name

Answer 39

Rhoboideus & trapezius

Question 40

Boney landmark sp7

Answer 40

Cranial to the Spine of the Scapula Supraspinatous Fossa.

Question 41

Sp 7 name

Answer 41

Supraspinatus

Question 42

About size of a quarter

Answer 42

Sp7, 8

Question 43

Boney landmark sp8

Answer 43

Caudal to the Spine of the Scapula Infraspinatus Fossa.

Question 44

Sp 8 name

Answer 44

Infraspinatus

Question 45

Boney landmark sp 9

Answer 45

Caudual border of the scapula

Question 46

Sp 9 name

Answer 46

serratus thoracics