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== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
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Poll - The point where the head meets the neck, just behind the ears. | |||
Bridle Path - An area at the start of the mane, commonly shaved to accommodate bridal straps. | |||
Crest - The top portion of the neck, generally more pronounced in studs. | |||
Withers - The highest point of the back, just above the shoulder blades. Horse height is measured at the withers. | |||
Loin - The area just behind where a saddle sits, the space from the last vertebrae to the croup. | |||
Hip - The hip joint is the topmost portion of the rump. | |||
Croup - Begins at the top of the hip and extends down to the dock where the tail begins. | |||
Dock - The point where the rump and the tail connect. | |||
Point of Buttock - The rounded edge of the rump. | |||
Hock - The bending joint (corresponds to the knee on the front legs) on the hind leg. | |||
Gaskin - The large muscle just above the hock on the inside of hind legs. | |||
Stifle - The joint where the hind legs connect to the body. | |||
Flank - Area where hind legs meet the barrel just past the stifle and just before the ribcage. | |||
Barrel - Body of horse, essentially the area enclosed in the ribcage. | |||
Elbow - The joint where the front leg meets the body of the horse. | |||
Chestnut - A horny growth on the inside of each front leg. | |||
Ergot - A horny growth on the back side of the fetlock joint. | |||
Fetlock - The “ankle” joint (although really closer to the ball of the foot in anatomy) connecting the hoof to the leg. | |||
Hoof - The foot, Hard on the outside and softer on the inside. The hoof is a harder version of our fingernails. | |||
Coronet - Ring of soft tissue around the top of the hoof where it meets the skin. | |||
Pastern - The space between the coronet band and the fetlock. | |||
Cannon - The long, slender space between the knee and fetlock joints. | |||
Knee - The bending joint of the front legs. | |||
Forearm - The area between the knee and the elbow of the front legs | |||
Heart Girth - Or girth The area just behind the elbow, where the saddle girth sits. Should be the largest diameter of the horses barrel. | |||
Point of Shoulder - The frontmost part of the horses chest. | |||
Shoulder - The space between the withers and the point of shoulder | |||
Throatlatch - Where the windpipe meets the jaw. Often where the strap of a bridle lays. | |||
Jaw - The bottom circular portion of the horses face. | |||
Muzzle - Chin, mouth and nose are all parts of the muzzle. | |||
Forelock - A section of the mane which grows at the top of the forehead. | |||
== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
