Animal Anatomy

3. Amount of body volume.
4. the degree or amount of fat on a breeding animal.
7. Concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones.
13. standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
15. A type of diagram that shows various relationships between concepts.
18. The organs of the body, either male or female, concerned with producing offspring.
20. The degree of fatness. This term is often used interchangeably with condition but as finish, the fat should lay smoothly over the body in a proper degree to suit the market.
21. To examine and judge carefully; appraise.
22. A distinct part of a plant or animal that carries on one or more particular functions; e.g., a leaf, wing of a bird.

1. An internal secretion; hormone.
2. The region of the tarsal joint in the hind leg of a horse or other quadruped, corresponding to the angle in people.
4. that portion of an animal’s leg, ankle, or pastern from the knee to the fetlock in the front legs or the hock to the fetlock, ankle or pastern in the rear legs.
5. The system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
6. combination of the skin, hair, coat, head, throatlatch, feet, and bone structure.
8. The physical condition of the skeletal structure, especially the feet and legs, of an animal.
9. Designating an animal lacking in condition of flesh or finish.
10. choosing certain individuals for breeding purposes in order to propagate or improve some desired quality or characteristic in the offspring.
11. the degree of muscle.
12. Pertaining to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
14. type, form, and shape of the live animal, usually with reference to some performance characteristic.
15. the pulsatory movement of blood in the body.
16. In animals, the act of breathing; the drawing of air into the lungs and its exhalation.
17. The changes that food undergoes within the digestive tract to prepare it for absorption and use in the body.
19. The science that deals with the function of a plant or animal’s body and its organs, systems, tissues, and cells.