Equine Anatomy: Ribs, Vertebrae, and Hoof Structure

floating ribs

costal cartilages without attachment to adjacent cartilages

pairs of ribs in horses

18 occasionally 19

3 things that the frog has

medial sulcus, a lateral sulcus, a central sulcus.

2nd phalanx

short pastern bone

vertebrae

irregular bones of various shape

tubercle articulation

true

bodies of vertebrae joined together

intervertebral discs of fibrocartilage

wobbler syndrome prevalence

thoroughbred and quarter horse

chondros

cartilage

coffin bone location

hoof capsule

spinal nerves emergence

yes

bones in the skull

37

sole composition

hard, ho*ny, keratinized material

horse hoof part corresponding to human fingernail

hoof wall

lamina holds

the fingernail

bones in each hindlimb

20

vertebral artery course

true

pastern area

area from the bulb of the heel to the fetlock

first rib articulation

7th cervical

tool for cleaning horse's hoof

hoof pick

caudal ribs series

the tubercle approaches the head and eventually with it

white line location

toe to the heel and from the toe to the heel on both sides

bones in each forelimb

20

false ribs

asternal

total bones in horse

205

costal cartilages articulation

sternum

horses ankle

fetlock

1st phalanx

long pastern bone

movements of vertebral joints

dorsal

white line extension

lamina

head of each rib articulation

the bodies of adjacent thoracic vertebrae

phalanx bones count

3

correct vertebral formula

C7 T18 L6 S5 Ca15-21

part of hoof extending from hoof wall

bars

another word for phalanx bone

pastern

importance of forelimb and hindlimb bones

great importance in health and diseases, since they form the basis for locomotion

most common cause of wobbler syndrome

malformation of certain cervical vertebrae

3 phalanx

coffin bone