WorksheetsHorse Hoof
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the frog?
A green thing
The tough v-shaped structure pointing down from the heels
The channels on either side of the frog
The part of the hoof that is visible when standing
What is the hoof wall?
covers the front and sides of the third phalanx, or coffin bone
The four things a building has
The underside of the hoof
The entire hoof
What is the sole of the hoof?
a 50-degree angle
the tough, thick, V-shaped structure pointing down from the heels
extensions of the hoof wall that turn-in at the heel and run partway along the frog
The underside of the hoof, but most of it does not make contact with the ground because it is a bit concave
What is the bar of wall?
occurs between the stratum medium and stratum internum within the non-pigmented area
the tough, thick, V-shaped structure pointing down from the heels
extensions of the hoof wall that turn-in at the heel and run partway along the frog
the underside of the hoof,
What is the angle of wall?
that part of the hoof that is visible when the horse is standing
the channels on either side of the frog
A 50-degree angle of the front wall of the hoof to the ground
the knee
What is the coffin bone?
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone
the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger
Not real
What is the short pastern bone
located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
Not a bone
the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger
What is the long pastern bone?
not a real bone
the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger
located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
What is the navicular bone?
located above the pastern bone
a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
The underside of the hoof
What is the digital cushion?
the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger
a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint
located in the rear of the hoof, protects the foot's complex bone and soft-tissue structures
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
What is the deep digital flexor tendon?
runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone
the bottommost bone within a horse's leg, similar to the tip of a human finger
The underside of the hoof
located between the fetlock and pastern joint
What is the coronet band?
located between the long pastern bone and the coffin bone
a small flattened bone, which lies across the back of the coffin joint
runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone
the junction between the hair-producing skin of the horse's lower limb and the hoof wall
Where is the Extensor Tendon?
the junction between the hair-producing skin of the horse's lower limb and the hoof wal
located on the front of the cannon bone in all limbs
runs down the back of the leg and behind the heel to attach to the bottom of the coffin bone
protects the foot's complex bone and soft-tissue structures
