ANATOMY OF A HORSE

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