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mare heat/breeding - egg meets sperm=fertilization -no conception/no sperm than CL regresses, egg is reabsorbed, a new cycle begins/follicle matures where should you measure a horse? - withers, the height of the vertebrae never changes most common place for fat deposits - crest a horses elbow is equivalent to what in a human - top of ulna a horses chestnut is equivalent to what in humans - vestigal toe pad, remnants of fingers area behind fetlock with no hair - ergot the stifle of a horse is equivalent to what in humans - kneecap human equivalent of horses knee - wrist human equivalent of horses fetlock - first knuckle human equivalent of horses hoof - fingernail human equivalent of horses hock - ankle young female horse - filly mature female horse - maremature neutered male horse - gelding wild horse that was once domesticated - feral what were horses first used for? - meat the other name for eohippus - Hyracotherium Describe the four trends that happened to horses throughout evolution - - went from having multiple toes to only having a single digit - increased in body size - from the size of a fox to today's horse - teeth changed - went from little browser-type teeth into very big, thick cement teeth - to better handle grazing course grasses/plants - head got bigger - to make room for teeth/masseter muscle what family is the horse in - equidae scientific name of the horse - equus ferus caballus pony - horse with small mature size breed - group with common ancestry/characteristics feral - wild descendant of domestic horse hand - horse height measurement, 1 hand=4 inches weanling - foal weaned from damyearling - 1-2 year old horse What is the birthday for all throughbreds - January 1 gait - order of footfall eohippus - aka Hyracotherium/Dawn horse - size of fox - 4 toes, 3 hind, no hooves - browser, teeth suitable for leaves - suited for swampy and forested environments mesohippus - aka Middle horse - larger - 3 toes, hooves, toe pad - most widespread of its time - faster to run because of a plain environment