Major external parts
the central region of the horse from the back to the abdomen
What is barrel?
The circumference of the chest just behind the withers and in front of the back.
What is heart girth
The top part of the head between the horse’s ears.
What is poll?
consists of bones in the tail, neck, back, loin, and croup.
What is vertebral column?
Include all the bones of the hind legs including the joints of the stifle and the hock.
What are pelvic limbs?
The dividing line between the hoof and the leg of the horse (located in the coronary band).
What is coronet?
The large joint halfway up the hind leg of a horse.
What is hock?
The part extending to the base of the neck that connects the forelimbs to the body.
What is shoulder?
18 pairs of these in a horse, but 19 are frequently found on one side or the other.
What are ribs?
Should be long, smooth, and flat.
What are neck muscles
The joint connecting the cannon and the pastern above the hoof of the horse.
What is fetlock?
The long hair on top of the neck.
What is mane?
The knee-like joint above the hock in the hind leg of a horse.
What is stifle?
The canoe-shaped breastbone made up of 7 fused segments.
What is sternum?
Should be long, lean, and attach to the bone close to the knee.
What are forearm muscles
The fleshy side of a horse between the ribs and the hip.
What is flank?
The lower end of the nose which includes the nostrils, lips, and chin.
The part of the horse’s hindquarter between the stifle and the rump (croup).
What is thigh?
Encloses the brain and some important sense organs.
What is skull?
The lock of hair falling forward over the face.
What is forelock?
The part of the leg between the fetlock joint and the coronary band of the hoof.
What is pastern?
The highest part of the back located at the base of the neck in the horse.
What is withers?
Include all the bones of the front legs.
What are thoracic limbs