Anatomy of a horse
Across
- 4. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
- 5. The ridge between the shoulder blades.
- 7. The back end of a horse, including the buttocks, upper rear legs, dock of the tail, hips, and the croup.
- 8. The topline of a horse’s hindquarters
- 10. The joint above the pastern, this functions like an ankle.
- 12. The part of a horse’s leg immediately above the hoof.
- 13. The hair that grows from a horse’s neck.
- 14. A horse’s front foot.
Down
- 1. This is the bone located inside the hoof.
- 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. The left-hand side of a horse.
- 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.
- 9. The right-hand side of a horse.
- 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.
- 12. A horse’s lower legs from the knee to the ankle. Similar to a human shin bone.