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Parts of the Horse

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What is the poll?   show
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What is the crest?   show
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What is the forehead?   show
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What are the nostrils?   show
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show The head should taper to a small muzzle, the lips should be firm and the lower lip should not have the tendency to sag.  
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show The point of shoulder is a hard, bony prominence surrounded by heavy muscle masses.  
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show The Breast is a muscle mass between the forelegs, covering the front of the chest.  
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What is the chest   show
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What is the forearm?   show
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show The knee is the joint between the forearm and the cannon bone.  
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show The coronet is the band around the top of the hoof from which the hoof wall grows.  
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show The hoof refers to the horny wall and the sole of the foot. The foot includes the horny structure and the pedal bones and navacular bones, as well as other connective tissue.  
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What is the pastern?   show
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What are the flexor tendons?   show
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What is the fetlock?   show
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What is the cannon?   show
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show The hock is the joint between the gaskin and the cannon bone, in the rear leg. The bony protuberance at the back of the hock is called the point of hock.  
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show The gaskin is the region between the stifle and the hock.  
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What is the stifle?   show
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show The flank is the area below the loin, between the last rib and the massive muscles of the thigh.  
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