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Horse Hoof

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the frog?

a)

A green thing

b)

The tough v-shaped structure pointing down from the heels

c)

The channels on either side of the frog

d)

The part of the hoof that is visible when standing

2.

What is the hoof wall?

a)

covers the front and sides of the third phalanx, or coffin bone

b)

The four things a building has

c)

The underside of the hoof

d)

The entire hoof

3.

What is the sole of the hoof?

a)

a 50-degree angle

b)

the tough, thick, V-shaped structure pointing down from the heels

c)

extensions of the hoof wall that turn-in at the heel and run partway along the frog

d)

The underside of the hoof, but most of it does not make contact with the ground because it is a bit concave

4.

What is the bar of wall?

a)

occurs between the stratum medium and stratum internum within the non-pigmented area

b)

the tough, thick, V-shaped structure pointing down from the heels

c)

extensions of the hoof wall that turn-in at the heel and run partway along the frog

d)

the underside of the hoof,

5.

What is the angle of wall?

a)

that part of the hoof that is visible when the horse is standing

b)

the channels on either side of the frog

c)

A 50-degree angle of the front wall of the hoof to the ground

d)

the knee

6.

What is the coffin bone?

a)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

b)

located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone

c)

the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger

d)

Not real

7.

What is the short pastern bone

a)

located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone

b)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

c)

Not a bone

d)

the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger

8.

What is the long pastern bone?

a)

not a real bone

b)

the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger

c)

located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone

d)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

9.

What is the navicular bone?

a)

located above the pastern bone

b)

a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint

c)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

d)

The underside of the hoof

10.

What is the digital cushion?

a)

the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger

b)

a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint

c)

located in the rear of the hoof, protects the foot's complex bone and soft-tissue structures

d)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

11.

What is the deep digital flexor tendon?

a)

runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone

b)

the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger

c)

The underside of the hoof

d)

located between the fetlock and pastern joint

12.

What is the coronet band?

a)

located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone

b)

a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint

c)

runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone

d)

the junction between the hair-producing skin of the horse's lower limb and the hoof wall

13.

Where is the Extensor Tendon?

a)

the junction between the hair-producing skin of the horse's lower limb and the hoof wal

b)

located on the front of the cannon bone in all limbs

c)

runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone

d)

protects the foot's complex bone and soft-tissue structures