basic horse anatomy

pole

a boney projection located right behind the horse's ears, where the bridle begins. It's the highest point on the horse's head. Has many nerved endings making it a spot that's prone to tension.

Cervical spine

connects their head back to the rest of their body

Thoracic spine

connected/comes from cervical spine. connects to all the ribs

heart, lungs, liver, intestines

all protected by ribs. heart under-ISH lungs, liver under lungs, intestine behind all of those

Lumbar vertabrae

connected/comes from Thoracic spines. connects to the sacral vertebrae

sacral vertebrae

through the Sacroiliac joint connects to the pelvis and to the tail

scapula

shoulder blade on humans so it is the horses shoulder. connects to their shoulder joint (humerus)

Humerus

shoulder joint.

radius

extends from the elbow, where it articulates with the humerus, and travels downward to the carpus. It forms the "forearm"

Carpus

the knee

cannon bone

comes from the carpus like the shin

flexor tendons

behind the canon bone, where a lot of injuries happen,

Fetlock Joints

the joint between the horses cannon bone and the pastern bone and is effectively 'the ankle' of a horse

Pastern bones

long & short, the joint between the horses cannon bone and the horses pastern bone and is effectively 'the ankle' of a horse.

Coffin bones

The large bone inside the hoof capsule

amount of front end weight

70%

amount of back end weight

30%

stifle joint

knee joint. Back leg

femur

connects to stifle joint. Back leg

patella

a round, flat bone.Back leg

Tibia/Gaskin

Back leg

Hawk

helps them flex their limb. made up of capsules that have fluid inside. Back leg