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Points of a Horse

External Parts

The Digestive System

(1) Anus. (2) Rectum. (3) Base of caecum. (4) Small intestine. (5) Kidney. (6) Liver. (7) Diaphragm. (8) Oesophagus. (9) Large colon. (10) Caecum. (11) Small colon

The Skeleton

(1) Poll. (2) Atlas.(1st cervical vertebra) (3) Axis. (4) 7th (last) cervical vertebra. (5) Scapular Cartilage. (6) 18th (last) Thoracic vertebra. (7) 6th (last) lumbar vertebra. (8) Sacrum. (9) 1st coccygeal vertebra. (10) Pelvis. (11) Femur. (12) Fibula. (13) Tibia. (14) Calcaneus. (one of the tarsal bones forming the point of the hock) (15) Hind splint bone. (16) Hind cannon (metatarsal 3) (17) Sesamoids. (18) Navicular. (19) 3rd phalanx (pedal or coffin bone) (20) 2nd phalanx (short pastern) (21) 1st phalanx (long pastern) (22) Tarsal bones (hock or ankle) (23) Patella. (24) 18th (last) rib. (25) Costal cartilage. (26) Xiphoid cartilage. (27) Ulna. (28) Fore splint bone. (29) Sesamoids. (30) Navicular. (31) Fore cannon (metarcarpal 3) (32) Carpal bones. (technically the wrist but always called the knee) (33) Radius. (34) Humerus. (35) Sternum. (36) Scapula. (37) Mandible. (38) Diastema. (bar) (39) Canine. (40) Incisors. (41) Cheek teeth. (42) Facial crest. (43) Orbit. (44) Cranium.

The Hoof

1) Digital flexor tendon. (2) Sesamoidean ligament. (3) Digital extensor tendon. (4) Long pastern bone. (5) Short pastern bone. (6) Coronary corium. (7) Pedal bone. (8) Laminar corium. (9) Wall. (10) White line. (11) Sole. (12) Plantar cushion. (13) Navicular bone.