Test 1 - Head, Neck, and Colors Flashcards
Difference in the sternocephalicus m.?
- one belly ONLY in horse
- attaches to mandible (AKA “sternomandibularis”)
Difference in cleidocephalicus m.?
- one belly ONLY in horse
- attaches to mastoid process (AKA “cleidomastoideus”)
- located under cutaneous colli
Cutaneous colli m.?
cutaneous muscle of ventral neck in horses
Omotransversarius?
- blends with brachiocephalicus in the horse
- may be hard to separate
What is different about the deep pectoral in the horse?
- has TWO parts
- subclavius
- deep pectoral (AKA “ascending pectoral”)
Is the omohyoideus m. present in the dog?
No
What does the omohyoideus blend with?
insertion of sternohyoideus
What is important about the omohyoideus in relation to the jugular groove?
Forms the medial (deep) wall of jugular groove in cranial part of the neck
Where does the omohyoideus originate?
fascia near the shoulder
Ventral border of the jugular groove?
sternocephalicus
Dorsal border of the jugular groove?
cleidocephalicus
What separates the external jugular from the carotid sheath, esophagus, and trachea?
omohyoideus as medial wall of jugular groove
What is the cutaneous colli doing in relation to the jugular groove?
Covers the groove superficially in the ventral 1/3 of neck
The “points” on a horse refer to?
mane, tail, lower legs, and ear rims
T/F: Points are either black or non-black
True
Black Point Colors
- black
- bay
- brown
- dilutions: buckskin, dun, other variations
Non-Black Point Colors
- chestnut/sorrel
- dilutions: palomino, red dun, other variations
Describe a dun
- light colored horse
- black or non-black points
- primitive marks
Describe a buckskin
- light colored horse
- black points (rarely dark brown)
- NO primitive marks
Primitive Marks
- “lineback”/dorsal stripe
- bars on hocks or above and below knees
- occasionally stripes over withers or concentric rings on forehead
Bays
- reddish body coat (very light to very dark)
- black points
Blacks
-NO brown hairs
T/F: Blacks can fade in the summer sunlight and have ends of the hairs looking brown
True
Browns
- darker than bays
- lighter than blacks
- black points
How many genes determine “black”? Is it the same gene for black distribution?
One gene
No, different for distribution
Buckskin
- cream-dilution of bay
- some shade of yellow body
- head same or slightly darker
- black points (dark brown rarely)
- NO primitive marks
Grullo
- “black dun”
- slate or tan body color
- dark head
- black points
- primitive marks
Palomino
- cream dilution of chestnut
- yellow horse
- non-black points
- light mane and tail
Chocolate Palomino
- chocolate body
- cream points
Roan
- mix of white and colored individual hairs in body coat
- head and points have solid color
- gene for roaning acts on base color
- does not change with time
What might roan animals be confused with?
graying horses
Gray
- born with basecolor
- gradually replaced with white, including head and points
- eventually look white
- have pigmented skin
White
- true white horse is rare
- have non-pigmented (pink) skin
Big difference in the skin of gray vs white horses?
Gray - pigmented
White - non-pigmented (pink)
Appaloosa/spotted
extensive (symmetrical) white spotting
Pinto
- large, irregular patches of white
- extensive white markings on legs