IEA Horsemanship Test | Actual Exam Questions | 100% Correct Answers | Verified 2024 Version

IEA Horsemanship Test | Actual Exam Questions | 100% Correct Answers | Verified 2024 Version What are the three main types of muscles found in a horse's body? - ✔✔Cardiac (Found in heart), Smooth (Found in autonomic systems like the digestive tract), Skeletal (Responsible for moving the bones) How much of a horses body weight do muscles account for? - ✔✔About half What do flexor muscles do? - ✔✔Bend joints What do extensor muscles do? - ✔✔Strengthen joints What do tendons do? - ✔✔Connect muscles to bones (more elastic than ligaments) When a tendon is damaged, what is compromised? - ✔✔Elasticity Tendonitis - ✔✔Any clinical or pathological disorder that involves inflammation within the tendon and paratendon, but does not involve the tendon sheath (a tendon sheath is what protects the tendon) Tendosynovitis - ✔✔Inflammation within the tendon sheath Tendon rupture or bowed tendon - ✔✔The most severe of stress -induced inflammatory reactions resulting in hemorrhage and edema (bleeding or swelling) The ideal horse's conformation can be described by being/having... - ✔✔Three equal sections (Shoulders, barrel and hindquarters), Square (Excluding the head and neck, the horse is as long as he is tall), Equidistant (The distance from the point of shoulder to the point of the buttocks is equal to the distance from the top of the withers to the ground), Even (The withers are level or slightly higher than the croup), Symmetrical (To judge symmetry, look at the horse from front and rear, both left and right) Athletic structure is the function of a horse's: - ✔✔balance, agility, movement Conformation flaws of the head - ✔✔Overly large head (can cause stress on horses front end), Dished face (can cause obstruction to nasal passages), Parrot mouthed horse (can cause dental issues), Small eyes (can cause depth perception issues) Head and neck should be... - ✔✔Proportionate, Broad forehead with eyes set at corners of head, Well set ears that are not overly large, Symmetrical The neck should display the following characteristics - ✔✔Defined throat latch (full range of motion), flexible and graceful, longer than crest from throat latch to shoulder, join the chest above the point of shoulder, be 1/3 the horses length to give the best balance and agility How many teeth do horses have when born? - ✔✔None, they get baby teeth between 0 -9 months of age When do permanent teeth push through? - ✔✔Two and a half years When does a horse have a "full mouth"? - ✔✔5 years old Incisors Central incisors Intermediate incisors Corner incisors Permanent central incisors Permanent intermediate incisors Permanent corner incisors