Equine Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Barrel

Answer 1

capacity of the chest or trunk

Question 2

Bars

Answer 2

raised V shaped structure on distal surface of hoof

Question 3

Cannon bone

Answer 3

third metacarpal of the horse; also called the shin bone

Question 4

Cheek

Answer 4

fleshy portion of either side of the face

Question 5

Chest

Answer 5

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

Question 6

chestnuts

Answer 6

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 they are near the hock

Question 7

coffin joint

Answer 7

distal interphalangeal joint between the short pastern and coffin bones

Question 8

corners

Answer 8

third incisors of equine

Question 9

coronary band

Answer 9

junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof AKA coronet

Question 10

crest

Answer 10

root of the mane

Question 11

croup

Answer 11

muscular area around and above the tail base

Question 12

cutters

Answer 12

second incisors of equine

Question 13

dock

Answer 13

solid part of the equine tail

Question 14

elbow

Answer 14

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

Question 15

ergot

Answer 15

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

Question 16

fetlock

Answer 16

area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon

Question 17

fetlock joint

Answer 17

metacarpophalangeal and metatarasaophalangeal joint

Question 18

flank

Answer 18

side of the body between the ribs and ilium

Question 19

forelock

Answer 19

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

Question 20

frog

Answer 20

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

Question 21

gaskin

Answer 21

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

Question 22

heart girth

Answer 22

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

Question 23

heel

Answer 23

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

Question 24

hock

Answer 24

tarsal joint

Question 25

hoof

Answer 25

hard covering of the digit in ungulates

Question 26

hoof wall

Answer 26

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

Question 27

knee

Answer 27

carpus in ungulates

Question 28

ungulates

Answer 28

an animal with hooves

Question 29

loin

Answer 29

lumbar region of the back between the thorax and pelvis

Question 30

nippers

Answer 30

central incisors of equine

Question 31

paralumar fossa

Answer 31

hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of the lumbar vetebrae (dorsally), the last rib (cranially) and the thigh muscles (caudally)

Question 32

pastern

Answer 32

area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof

Question 33

pastern joint

Answer 33

proximal interphalangeal joint between the long and short pastern bone

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 humerous and scapula

Question 37

sole

Answer 37

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

toe

Answer 41

cranial side of the hoof

Question 42

udder

Answer 42

mammary gland

Question 43

white line

Answer 43

fusion between the wall and sole of the hoof

Question 44

withers

Answer 44

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