VMT Ch.4 Equine exam
1. barrel: capacity of the chest or trunk
2. bars: raised V-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof
3. cannon bone (shin bone): third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse
4. cheek: fleshly portion of either side of the face; forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips
5. chest: part of the body between the neck and abdomen; the thorax
6. chestnusts: horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg; in the front legs, these are just
above the knee; in the rear legs near the hock
7. coffin joint: distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates
8. corners: third incisors of equine
9. coronary band (coronet): junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof
10. crest: root of the mane
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, 11. croup: muscular area around and above the tail base
12. cutters: second incisors of equine
13. dock: solid part of the equine tail
14. elbow: joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna
15. ergot: small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or plantar aspects of the equine
fetlock
16. fetlock: area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon
17. fetlock joint: Metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint (joint between the cannon bone and the
long pastern bone (phalanx I)) in ungulates.
18. flank: side of the body between the ribs and ilium
19. forelock: in maned animals, the most cranial part of the mane hanging down between the ears and onto the
forehead
20. frog: V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of teh equine hoof
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1. barrel: capacity of the chest or trunk
2. bars: raised V-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof
3. cannon bone (shin bone): third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse
4. cheek: fleshly portion of either side of the face; forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips
5. chest: part of the body between the neck and abdomen; the thorax
6. chestnusts: horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg; in the front legs, these are just
above the knee; in the rear legs near the hock
7. coffin joint: distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates
8. corners: third incisors of equine
9. coronary band (coronet): junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof
10. crest: root of the mane
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, 11. croup: muscular area around and above the tail base
12. cutters: second incisors of equine
13. dock: solid part of the equine tail
14. elbow: joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna
15. ergot: small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or plantar aspects of the equine
fetlock
16. fetlock: area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon
17. fetlock joint: Metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint (joint between the cannon bone and the
long pastern bone (phalanx I)) in ungulates.
18. flank: side of the body between the ribs and ilium
19. forelock: in maned animals, the most cranial part of the mane hanging down between the ears and onto the
forehead
20. frog: V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of teh equine hoof
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