Behavior & Nature
A collection of horses
What is a cavy?
The weakest point of the top line. It has no bone structure.
What is the loin?
What is a blemish?
You can tell this by the appearance of the front teeth, as well as muscle tone.
What is the age?
Two cell types that link the inheritance with an animal and its parents.
What are a sperm cell (from sire) and egg cell (from dam).
The most important feature of the physical make up of the horse's head.
What is the eye?
The back and loin makeup this.
What is the top line?
Any abnormal deviation in the structural function of a horse.
At age 5, a complete set comes in.
What are the incisors?
Long thread like structures made up of complex protein, that exist in pairs.
What are chromosomes?
The three characteristics that make it possible for man to obtain performance from a horse.
What is anatomical structure and function, speed and endurance, fear of being hurt?
How the horse is built for its intended use.
What is form to function?
Any mark or blemish that impairs usefulness of the horse.
What is a defect?
The term used when a 5 year old has the center teeth, intermediates and corners.
What is a full mouth?
The number of chromosomes a horse has.
What is 32.
The third eyelid in front of the eye. It removes foreign bodies from the eye.
What is the haw?
The four areas that make up the horse's body.
What is the head and neck, the body, the fore quarters, and the hind quarters?
Difficult breathing due to an obstruction, usually in the larynx.
What is roaring?
Young horses have _____ temporary teeth. Specify how many of each.
What are 24. 6 incisors (upper & lower), 6 premolars (upper and lower) on each side.
Equine hybrid between a horse stallion and a donkey (jenny).
What is a hinny?
The part of the horse that acts like suspension.
What is the front hand assembly (fore quarters/front end)?
Striking the under surface of the front hoof with the toe of the rear hoof.
What is forging?
Name 3 common blemishes
What is thrush, blood spavin, sway back, a splint, shoe boil or capped hock? (any 3)
Name 4 major ways to estimate age by the appearance of teeth.
What is the angel of incisors, occurrence of permanent teeth, disappearance of cups, and shape of the surface of the permanent teeth
Mules and hinny's are typically sterile. They are hybrid of what parents?
What is a jackass (male parent or sire) *Jack and horse mare (female parent or dam).