Anatomy

Question 1

Moon blindness.

Answer 1

Reoccurring uveitis

Question 2

Sweeney

Answer 2

Supra scapular nerve paralysis

Question 3

What does the upper part of nostril lead to?

Answer 3

Nasal diverticulum

Question 4

Large, air filled pouch of the Eustachian tube In the horse.

Answer 4

Guttural pouch

Question 5

Elastic structure that gives the horses neck both mobility and strength (supports head)

Answer 5

Nuchal ligament

Question 6

How many cervical vertebrae?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

How many thoracic vertebrae?

Answer 7

18

Question 8

How many lumbar vertebrae?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

What is unique about Arabians?

Answer 9

They only have 5 lumbar vertebrae.

Question 10

How many sacral vertebrae?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

Bile is released at a constant rate due to…

Answer 11

Horses having no gallbladder

Question 12

Which IM location do we avoid and why?

Answer 12

Gluteus due to potential for abscess making them more difficult to treat

Question 13

Necrosis of the muscle.

Answer 13

Clostridial myosotis

Question 14

Leads to atrophy around scapula

Answer 14

Sweeney

Question 15

How much body weight do forelimbs support?

Answer 15

55-60%

Question 16

What occurs with forelimb lameness.

Answer 16

Head bobbing

Question 17

Distal to the carpus/hock.

Answer 17

Distal extremities

Question 18

Primary weight bearing bone in the distal extremities.

Answer 18

Cannon bone

Question 19

Horny skin growth on medial aspect of all 4 legs.

Answer 19

Chestnut

Question 20

Small horny growth at the caudal aspect of the fetlock.

Answer 20

Ergot

Question 21

Brown bodies located at the dorsal aspect of the pupil.

Answer 21

Corpora nigra

Question 22

Produces the water repellent layer of the hoof.

Answer 22

Periople

Question 23

Where the hair meets the hoof wall.

Answer 23

Coronary band

Question 24

Equivalent to the palms of your hands.

Answer 24

The hoof bulbs

Question 25

Weight bearing area of the hoof.

Answer 25

The sole

Question 26

Site where hoof makes first contact with the ground.

Answer 26

Heels

Question 27

Act like hoof springs during weight bearing.

Answer 27

Bars

Question 28

Outer surface of the hoof.

Answer 28

Wall

Question 29

Sites for hoof thrush.

Answer 29

Collateral groove

Question 30

Important in biochemical function.

Answer 30

Frog

Question 31

Used as a guide for shoeing

Answer 31

White line

Question 32

Allows for flexibility of hoof during motion.

Answer 32

Coffin bone

Question 33

Calcification of the coffin bone and cartilages.

Answer 33

Side bone

Question 34

More surface area = more

Answer 34

Strength

Question 35

More laminae results in more surface area of the attachment of the..

Answer 35

Hoof wall and the coffin bone

Question 36

Dorsal angle to the ground due to flexural deformity.

Answer 36

Club foot

Question 37

Breaks in the hoof wall starting from the ground surface or the coronary border

Answer 37

Toe crack

Question 38

Narrower than normal foot due to no weight bearing on the heels.

Answer 38

Contracted heels

Question 39

Chronic progressive intermittent lameness due to problems of the navicular bone, bursa, coffin joint..

Answer 39

Navicular syndrome.

Question 40

Inflammation of the laminae.

Answer 40

Laminitis

Question 41

Acute onset of 3 legged lameness

Answer 41

Hoof abscess

Question 42

How often should a shod foot be trimmed?

Answer 42

Every 6-8 weeks

Question 43

Used to clean out manure and stone.

Answer 43

Hoof picks

Question 44

Cuts dead sole and frog.

Answer 44

Hoof knife

Question 45

Trims hoof wall.

Answer 45

Hoof nipper

Question 46

Files hoof walls

Answer 46

Hoof rasp