Equine Body Systems

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Across
  1. 3. Endurance horses have this color muscle fiber
  2. 4. Can be taken at any large artery
  3. 6. Gland that secretes hormones directly to the blood
  4. 8. Allow the limbs to bend
  5. 11. Moveable joints
  6. 13. System responsible for transmission of oxygen
  7. 16. Muscles of the digestive system
  8. 17. Immovable joint that fuses with age
  9. 19. Cells located in the bone marrow
  10. 21. Horses have 36 total
  11. 22. Located at the bottom of the brain stem
  12. 23. Includes the brain and spinal cord
  13. 24. System made up of skin and hair
  14. 25. System that transmits signals
Down
  1. 1. System that protects against infection
  2. 2. Thick layer under the epidermis
  3. 5. System that regulates metabolism
  4. 7. The organ that flattens when a horse takes a breath
  5. 9. The forelimb is also called the
  6. 10. These vertebrae include the tail
  7. 12. There are 205 in a horses body
  8. 14. These vertebrae are in the neck
  9. 15. Where horses breathe through
  10. 18. System that provides the body with nutrition
  11. 20. Thin outer layer of tissue