Anatomy of a horse

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Across
  1. 4. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
  2. 5. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
  3. 7. The back end of a horse, including the buttocks, upper rear legs, dock of the tail, hips, and the croup.
  4. 8. The topline of a horse’s hindquarters
  5. 10. The joint above the pastern, this functions like an ankle.
  6. 12. The part of a horse’s leg immediately above the hoof.
  7. 13. The hair that grows from a horse’s neck.
  8. 14. A horse’s front foot.
Down
  1. 1. This is the bone located inside the hoof.
  2. 2. The part of the leg between the fetlock and coronet at the top of the hoof. The pastern is made up of 2 bones.
  3. 3. The left-hand side of a horse.
  4. 6. 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.
  5. 9. The right-hand side of a horse.
  6. 11. The hard part of a horse’s foot. The hoof itself has little to no nerves, similar to your fingernail only much much thicker. The hoof protects the coffin bone.
  7. 12. A horse’s lower legs from the knee to the ankle. Similar to a human shin bone.