Horse Anatomy

External View

Skeletal View

(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.

Diagrams courtesy of Oak Acres Farm Web site

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