Anatomical Terms - Horses + Cattle

Barrel

capacity of the chest or trunk

Chest

part of the body between the neck and the abdomen/thorax

Chestnuts

horned, irregular growths on the medial aspect of the leg

Coronary Band

junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof

Ergot

small keratinized mass of horn in a bundle of hair on the palmar/plantar

Cheek

fleshly portion of the face

Crest

root of the mane

Mane

course hair at the border of the neck up to the poll

Poll

top of the head

Forelock

cranial mane

Muzzle

nostrils and upper/lower lips

Throatlatch

area where the neck and head meet

Flank

area between the pelvis and the ribs

Paralumbar fossa

hollow area of the flank

Withers

where the neck joins the thorax on the dorsur

Hock

tarsal joint

Knee

carpal joint

Stifle

“true knee”

Elbow

joint between humerus and ulna/radius

Crus

area of the tibia

Bars

v shaped, hard structure

Frog

v shaped, pad of soft horn

Heelbulb

most caudal part of the palmar/plantar surface

Sole

cranial to the bars of the hoof

Whiteline

separates wall and the sole of the hoof

Brisket

mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the cranioventral part of the chest

Dewclaw

accessory claw that projects caudally from the fetlock

Dewlap

loose skin under the throat and neck, cranial to the brisket

Forehead

same as humerus between eye and ears

Hook

protrusion if the wing of the ileum in the dorsolateral are of the ruminants

Pin

protrusion of the ischial bones lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants

Switch

tuft of hair at the end of the tail

Tailhead

base of the tail

Teat

nipple of the mammary gland

Quarter

one of the four mammary glands

Udder

mammary gland