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Anatomy


Figure 1. Parts of the horse

1. crest
2. withers
3. back
4. loin
5. point of hip
6. rump or croup
7. dock
8. buttock
9. thigh
10. flank
11. stifle
12. tail
13. gaskin
14. sheath
15. hock
16. fetlock
17. ergot
18. barrel
19.abdomen
20. heart girth
21. chestnut
22. cannon
23. fetlock joint
24. pastern
25. coronet
26. hoof
27. knee
28. elbow
29. forearm
30. chest
31. point of shoulder
32. shoulder
33. neck
34. throat latch
35. chin groove
36. lower lip
37. upper lip
38. muzzle
39. nostril
40. cheek
41. face
42. eye
43.forehead
44. ear
45. poll




Figure 2. Unsound areas of the horse
1. curb
2. ringbone
3. quarter crack
4. bone spavin
5. bog spavin
6.thoroughpin
7. hernia
8. toe crack
9. sidebone
10. bowed tendon
11. splint
12. over in the knee
13. shoe boil
14. poll evil
15. fistula
16. hip shot
Figure 3. Hind Leg

Figure 4. Front Leg