Horse anatomy     |   home
About Us   |   Trail Rides   |   Horses for sale   |   Tack Shop   |   My Horse   |   Contact us   |   News   |   Rodeo   |   Buying A Horse   |   Horse breeds   |   Miniature Horse Facts   |   Horse Breed& Color Codes   |   Poisonous Plants   |   Grooming   |   Equine Terminology   |   Fitting the Blanket   |   Horse Health   |   Horse's Vital Signs   |   Cribbing   |   Coggins Test   |   Strangles   |   Prevention of Colic   |   Common Internal Parasites   |   Laminitis   |   Equine First Aid Kit   |   Vaccination Schedule   |   Horse's Teeth   |   Teeth/Dental Care   |   Horse anatomy   |   Organs of the Horse   |   Muscles of the Horse   |   Horse Colors   |   Horses Hoof   |   Shoeing your Horse   |   Thrush   |   Winter Hoof Care   |   Trail Riding   |   Riding Preparation   |   Trailering   |   Riding   |   Horse Facts   |   Horse Tips   |   Horse Evolution   |   The Horse in History   |   The Horse in the Arts   |   Feeding your Horse   |   Feeding the Older Horse   |   Types of Feed   |   Broodmare Nutrition   |   Foaling Kit   |   Bathing Your Horse   |   Is your horse winter ready?   |   Horsemanship   |   Gaits of a Horse   |   Horse Behavior   |   Parts of a saddle   |   Selecting a Saddle   |   Styles of Riding   |   Haltering and Tying Horses   |   How to tie a quick release knot   |   Loading your Horse   |    Tying a Rope Halter   |   Horse treats   |   recipes   |   Just for Kids   |   Horse Drawings   |   Kids penpals   |   Horse Puzzles   |   Sim games links   |   Horse trivia   |   Caption contest   |   Horse polls   |   Horses New Year's Resolutions   |     What is a Cowboy?   |   Cowboy Poetry   |   Horse's Prayer   |   A Cowboy's Prayer   |   A Cowboy's Guide to Life   |   Horsey humor   |   Horsey quotes   |   A Horse by any other name   |   Horse Dreams   |   Horse Birthdays   |   Horse pictures   |   Horse Memorial   |   My awards-page 1   |   Win my award   |   Horse Searches   |   Horse links   |   Banners   |   Link to us   |   webrings   |   Cool links   |   Clipart   |   Backgrounds   |   Bordered backgrounds   |   Bars   |   Buttons   |   Icons   |   Animations   |   Screensavers   |   Wallpaper   |   Greeting cards   |   Stationery   |   Affiliates   |   Free Stuff   |   Email   |   Chat   |   Message board   |   My dog "RAGS"
Thank you Jaclyn for the pictures
Visit her web site at Jaclyn's World of Horses





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.
















picture courtesy of Know Your Horse


View My Guestbook
Sign My Guestbook

[Tripod Counter]