Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
Warm-blooded Horses | 1. Cross between Cold Blooded and Hot Blooded breeds
2. "Best of both worlds"- more agile than their cold blooded counterparts but bigger and stronger than hot blooded horses |
Stride | Measured from the place where one foot hits the ground to where it hits the ground again |
Walk | Each hits individually |
Trot (Jog) | Blues style 2 beats |
Canter (Lope) | 3 beats |
Gallop | 4 beats |
Gaited Horse | A breed of horse which, by nature, uses additional gaits other than the four basic gaits |
"Hot Blooded Horses" | Breeds that are said to be more high strung(i.e. Arabians, Thoroughbred)
1. More commonly used to refer to riding horses
2. Body type is leaner, movement is fairly agile
3.Originally bred in warmer climates |
"Cold Blooded Horses" | Aka Draft horses ( Belgian, Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron)
1. Body type is stocky, well-muscled
2. Typically refers to working horses (pulling carts, plowing fields)
3. Originally bred in colder climates
4.Often have"feathering" around their hooves/down their legs |
Warm-blooded Horses | 1. Cross between Cold Blooded and Hot Blooded breeds
2. "Best of both worlds"- more agile than their cold blooded counterparts but bigger and stronger than hot blooded horses |
Paddling | Outward swing foot flight |
Plaiting | Hoof swings in and lands in front of opposite hoof |
Winging | An extreme form of padding |
Bowlegged | Tarsus is lateral to point of ischium (caudal pelvis) but hoof is aligned |
Cow Hocked | Tarsus is medial to point of ischium |
Camped Out | Legs are cranial to point of ischium catting bone |
Sickle hocked | Hocks are positioned underneath cronial to ischium |
Varus | Toes point inward |
Valgus | Toes point outward |
Windswept | Angular limb deformity |
Skeletal | Bones and joints |
Muscular | Skeletal, Cardiac, and smooth muscle |
Digestive | "GIt tracttube" and accessory organ |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |