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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Tail. =3 Shoulder. =•■ Shoulder Point. =« Upper Arm. =^9 Forearm. 3o chestnut. 33 Fetlock-joint. ^ Pastern. ^5 Coronet. 36 Foot. 38 Chest. 39 Abdomen. « Haunch. ■> Stifle. «« Leg or Gaskin. 52 Chestnut. *3 Canon. ^ Fetlock-joint. « Point of Buttock. « Thigh. * Point of Hock. * Tendo AohUles or Ham-string^ Coronet. ^~ Foot. 12 Chin.22 Cervical 31 Knee. *o Flank. « Hock.^ Pastern. side by the upper extremity of the shoulders. It is formed by the longprojecting spines of the dorsal vertebras, numbering from the second tothe sixth, or seventh, and the muscles in connection with them. Fromthis point the height of the horse is taken, and, as will be seen later 14 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE on, it is a part to which great importance is attached in the matter ofconformation. The Back.—The back, as understood by horsemen, is an arbitrarydivision of the part properly so called, and extends from the slope ofthe withers in front to the last rib behind, where it is connected with
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Fig. 10.—Exterior of the Horse ; 1 Forehead. Poll. 3 Ear. Nose. s Nasal Peak. » Nostril. i Upper Lip.3 Cheek. ^^ Neck. ^ Withers. ^ Back. ^* Loins. ^ Croup. - Throat. ^- Cervical Groove.23 Shoulder. ^ Shoulder Point. ^ Breast. ■s Forearm. ™ Chestnut. 3 Knee. ^- Canon. 33 Fetlock-joint. 3* Pastern. 35 Coronet. 36 Foot. 38 Chest. 39 Abdomen. *» Flank. ■■- Sheath. «Thigh.^ Haunch. ^ Leg or Gaskin. ^o Point of Hock. * Chestnut. ^3 Canon. ^ Fetlock-joint. ^ Pastern.=6 Coronet ^7 Foot. Three-quarter Front View 9 NostrilCroup. Lower Lip. the loins. It extends over and embraces about eleven of the eighteendorsal vertebrae, as well as the arches of the corresjDonding ribs. Theback is largely made up of mu.scles of various forms and lengths, someof which extend from the haunch behind to the neck in front. The Loins.—The loins, like the withers and the back, have theiranatomical base in the spine, and extend from the last dorsal vertebra POSTERIOR EXTREMITY 15 before to the croup

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