Equine Anatomy & Physiology

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Across
  1. 6. Food such as grass or hay for horses.
  2. 7. Blood vessels which carry blood towards. the heart.
  3. 8. Originated in Kentucky, has a pronounced wither, a long curved neck, and, refined head.
  4. 10. Lighter and more attractive.
  5. 13. Horses under 14.2 hands.
  6. 16. Originated in North Africa, it has the appearance of a small donkey, they usually retain the famous mar of the cross or the dorsal strip which runs from mane to tail is intersected at the withers by a shoulder stripe.
  7. 17. mother.
  8. 21. Condition caused by an increased loss of water from the body.
Down
  1. 1. Male organ which produces sperm.
  2. 2. Main structural protein found in hair, wool, horns and feathers.
  3. 3. related to the horse and share many characteristics.
  4. 4. Offspring produced when an American Jack or standard Jack is bred to a horse mare.
  5. 5. Blood vessels which carry blood towards. the heart
  6. 9. Two main branches of the trachea.
  7. 11. Located above each kidney and helps control the heart rate and blood pressure.
  8. 12. Something which causes an internal or external body response.
  9. 14. pair or organs in the rib cage which are responsible for inhaling oxygen and releasing back in.
  10. 15. Female reproductive organ in which eggs are produced.
  11. 18. Tan body with dark main.
  12. 19. Four beat lateral gait.
  13. 20. Father.