COW(EXT ANAT)

• POLL

  located above and between the ears
• Forehead

  From the poll down to the level of the eyes.
• Face

  From the level of the eyes downward to the nostrils.
• Bridge of nose

  Area of nasal bone.
• Nostrils

  Two natural openings for breathing.
• Back

  Behind the withers to the head of the last rib.
• Loin

  The part of the body lying on each side of the spinal column between the hip bone and last rib.
• Rump

  Region of sacrum; the highest point formed by the sacral tuber.
• Hoof

  The outer horny covering of the foot, divided into two parts called claws.
• Dew claws

  Two horny callosities behind the fetlock joint.
• Pastern

  The region below fetlock and above coronet.
• Body

  Comprises the chest, belly, and flank.
• Hock

  The complex joint formed between the lower thigh and cannon.
• Stifle

  The first joint below the hips on the hind leg.
• Dewlap

  Beneath the lower jaw or neck.
• Muzzle

  Above the upper lip.
• Tail head

  Where the tail joins the rump.
• Cannon

  The portion between knee joint and fetlock joint.
• Coffin

  Bottommost bone in the front and rear legs.
• Elbow

  Found where its leg meets with the torso.
• Rear flank

  Located just below the loin.
• Fore flank

  Located the front portion of the ribs.
• Fetlock

  Joint above the pastern.
• Brisket

  Comes from the breast/pectoral area.
• Sheath

  the tubular fold of skin into which the penis of many mammals is retracted
• navel

  mark or indentation on a mammal's abdomen that indicates where the umbilical cord linking the fetus and the mother was attached
• • Udder- mammary gland
• • Teats - where milk is drawn
• • Milk well - where the milk vein enters into the abdominal wall.
• • Milk vein - a large vein visible under the skin on the belly of the cow. It passes along the abdominal wall
• CATTLE EXTERNAL ANATOMY

  A) poll

  B) forehead

  C) face

  D) nose

  E) nostril

  F) muzzle

  G) shoulder vein

  H) dewlap

  I) shoulder

  J) brisket

  K) elbow

  L) fetlock

  M) knee

  N) pastern

  O) coffin

  P) dewclaw

  Q) cannon

  R) foreflank

  S) underline

  T) sheath / navel

  U) last rib

  V) rear flank

  W) hoof

  X) hock

  Y) stiffle

  Z) quarter

  [) tailhead

  \) rump

  ]) loin

  ^) body

  _) back

  `) crops

  a) neck