equine anatomy terms

Cervical Vertebrae

Bones at the top of the neck starting behind ears, down to where the neck meets the shoulder

Thorack Vertebrae

The bones in the back starting at the wither to about where the last rib is

Lumbar Vertebrae

The bones in the back from the last rib to the pelvis/above hip

Sacral Vertebrae

The back bones from the pelvis to the base of the tailbone

Caudal Vertebrae

The bones in the tail from the base of the tail to the end of the tailbone

Scapula

The bones that connect the shoulder to the chest to everything else, base of neck

Humerus

The shoulder, part where the bone kind of sticks out, where scarlett is sensitive

Ulna

The pointy part right by where the girth goes, 'armpit'

Radius

The bones in the upper leg, below 'boobies'

Carpal Bones

Small bones in the upper leg, ABOVE the thumb

Splint Bone

Directly next to where thumb is, Above Cannon

Cannon bone / 3rd metacarpal

The bone in the cannon, bean has lil ones

Proximal Sesamoids

The bone right where that little bump by where the smaller feather grow

P1 / Long Pastern / Proximal Phalanx

Right below where their ankle is, part where you layer polo wraps only once

P2 / Short Pastern / Middle Phalanx

Bone by the part right above where skin meets hoof

P3 / Pedal Bones / Distal Phalanx

Bone inside of the hoof

Pelvis / Pelvic Girdle

Bone that connects the back to the hips, pelvis in humans/when viewed above

Femur

Bone below the 'bump' in the hip, where a crop would hit on the butt

Patella

The bump below the Femur, to the right of where the back legs meet the stomach

Fibula

The bone in the back leg kind of far above the hock

Tibia

The bone of the back leg on the left above the hock

Tersal Bones

Bone directly below the hock

Navicular Bone / Distal Sesamoid Bone

Bone right above front hoof

Maxilla

The bridge part of the nose, where a fig 8 would go

Mandible

Cheekbones