External Anatomy & Skeleton

External Anatomy

1. Ear 2. Forelock 3. Eye 4. Nostril 5. Chin Groove
6. Cheek 7. Throat Latch 8. Point of Chest 9. Forearm 10. Knee
11. Hooves 12. Fetlock Joint 13. Front Cannon 14. Point of Elbow 15. Stifle
16. Gaskin 17. Hind Cannon 18. Coronet Band 19. Pastern 20. Hock
21. Point of Buttock 22. Tail 23. Dock 24. Loins 25. Withers
26. Crest 27. Shoulder 28. Barrel 29. Flank 30. Hindquarters 31. Croup

Skeleton

1. The Skull 2. Mandible 3. Scalpula 4. Atlas
5. Axis 6. Scalpula Cartiliage 7.Vertabrae 8.Ilium
9. Femur 10. Hock Joint 11.Cannon Bone 12.Tibia 13. Stifle Joint
14. Ribs 15.Elbow 16.Pastern
17.Pedal, or Coffin bone, or Third Phalanx 18.Short Pastern, or Second Phalanx 19. Long Pastern, or First Phalanx
20. Knee Joint 21. Radius 22. Elbow Joint 23. Humerous

This is a horse's skull. The teeth near the front of the mouth are incisors.They are used to chop grass and other food. The smooth place with no teeth is called the bars. That is where the bit rest's in the horse's mouth. The two small, sharp teeth are called canines, or tushes. All sexes can grow them, but it seems that they are more common geldings and stallions than in mares. As long as they do not grow to large or interfere with the bit, they are usualy fine. If they do, then you can have your vet file them off. The teeth in the very back are the molars. They are used to crush and grind the horse's food.

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