Equine Behavior
Ears pinned back is often a sign the horse is:
Angry.
Horses adjust their range of vision by:
lowering or raising their heads.
Which is the knee-like joint above the hock in the hind leg of a horse?
Stifle
Major organs of both the circulatory and respiratory systems are found in the:
thoracic cavity.
In order to wet foodstuff and begin digestion, the mature horse secretes about how many gallons of saliva per day?
10
A horse with dilated nostrils and ears thrown to the side is really:
Afraid
Which of the horse’s senses makes it respond to leg cues from the rider?
Touch
Which is the part of the leg between the coronary band of the hoof and the fetlock joint?
Pastern
What organ separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities?
Diaphragm
What organ removes wastes and conserves fluids?
Kidneys
Horses learn quite well and compensate for their lack of ability to reason with:
excellent memory.
What is the major reason a colt is allowed to smell a saddle when being saddled for the first few times?
The smell of other horses on the saddle calms the colt.
The canoe shaped breastbone made up of seven fused segments is the:
Sternum
Which artery is the only artery that will carry deoxygenated blood?
Pulmonary Artery
Foodstuff is guided from the horse’s mouth down the esophagus by the:
Pharynx.
To maintain a position of control and safety, the handler should approach a horse at the:
left shoulder.
When removing a halter, a handler can best guard against the horse bolting by:
standing the horse facing a wall or fence.
The approximate percent of a horse’s weight carried on the front legs is:
60%
What part of the circulatory system is responsible for gas exchange between arteries and veins?
Which equine digestive system organ works with the colon and is most suited for breaking down and using roughage?
Cecum
Which is the most likely response a horse will give to a rider spurring the sensitive area of the flank?
Bucking
A handler should avoid chasing a horse when trying to catch it because it:
reinforces a horse’s natural desire to escape.
A horse has approximately how many bones in its skeletal system?
210
The superior and inferior vena cava carry blood to what part of the heart?
Right Atrium
The technical term for the horse’s total digestive system is the:
alimentary canal.