Equine

• Barrel


  Capacity of the chest or trunk
• Bars


  Raised V shaped structure on the distal surface of the hoof
• Cannon or shin bone


  Third metacarpal/metatarsal of the horse
• Cheek


  Fleshy portion on either side of the face. Forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips.
• Chest


  Part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, the thorax
• Chestnuts


  Horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg. In the front leg, they are just above the knee, and in the rear legs, they are near the hock.
• Coffin joint


  Distal interphalangeal joint. Between the short pastern, P2, and coffin, P3, bones in ungulates.
• Corners


  Third incisors of equine
• Coronary band or coronet


  Junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof
• Crest


  Root of the mane
• Croup


  Muscular area around and above the tail base
• Cutters


  Second incisors of equine
• Dock


  Solid part of the equine tail
• Elbow


  Forelimb joint formed by the distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna.
• Ergot


  Small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar and plantar aspects of the equine fetlock.
• Fetlock


  Area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon
• Fetlock joint


  Metacarpophalangeal/metatarsophalangeal joint, or the joint between the cannon bone and long pastern bone, P1, in ungulates
• Flank


  Side of the body between the ribs and the ilium
• Forelock


  In maned animals, the most cranial part of the mane hanging down between the ears and onto the forehead.
• Frog


  V shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof.
• Gaskin or crus


  Muscular portion of the hindlimb between the stifle and the hock
• Heart girth


  Circumference of the chest just caudal to the shoulders and cranial to the back.
• Heel


  Caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb
• Hock or tarsus


  Tarsal joint
• Hoof


  Hard covering of the digit in ungulates
• Hoof wall 


  Hard, horny outer layer of the covering of the digit in ungulates
• Knee


  Carpus in ungulates
• Loin


  Lumbar region of the back between the thorax and the pelvis.
• Mane


  Region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck and terminating at the poll.
• Muzzle


  Two nostrils, including the skin and fascia, and the muscles of the upper and lower lip.
• Nippers


  Central incisors in equine
• Paralumbar fossa


  Hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae- dorsally-, the last rib- cranially-, and the thigh muscles- caudally.
• Pastern


  Area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof.
• Pastern joint


  Proximal interphalangeal joint between P1 and P2 in ungulates.
• Poll, occiput, and nuchal crest


  Top of head
• Quarter


  Lateral or medial side of the hoof
• Shoulder


  Region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula
• Sole


  Palmar and plantar surface of the hoof; the irregular crescent shaped bottom of hoof.
• Stifle joint


  Femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds
• Tail


  Caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond the trunk