Anatomy of a horse

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Across
  1. 2. A horse’s lower legs from the knee to the ankle. Similar to a human shin bone.
  2. 4. The back end of a horse, including the buttocks, upper rear legs, dock of the tail, hips, and the croup.
  3. 5. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
  4. 6. The part of a horse’s leg immediately above the hoof.
  5. 7. The hard part of a horse’s foot, it is made up of several components each with it’s own function. The hoof itself has little to no nerves on the exterior similar to your fingernail only much much thicker. The hoof protects the coffin bone.
  6. 10. The part of the leg between the fetlock and coronet at the top of the hoof. The pastern is made up of 2 bones known as the 1st and second phalanges (think finger bones as they stem from wrist).
  7. 12. Bone This is the bone located inside the hoof.
  8. 13. The right-hand side of a horse.
Down
  1. 1. This joint is the bony protrusion at the top of the cannon bone on the hind leg. This functions similar to a human knee on the horses back leg.
  2. 3. The joint above the pastern, this functions like an ankle.
  3. 5. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
  4. 8. The hair that grows from a horse’s neck.
  5. 9. The left-hand side of a horse.
  6. 11. The topline of a horse’s hindquarters
  7. 14. A horse’s front foot.