The scapula is a plate of bone positioned on the side of the horse from the withers to the point of the shoulder, where it joins the upper arm bone (humerus) to form the shoulder joint. Does a horse have a scapula? The scapula is placed laterally at a 45 Read more…
The mamma (pleural = mammae) is the glandular structure associated with a papilla (teat) and may contains two ducts in the mare. The udder is a term designating all the mammae in the mare. Do mares have Teets? Young horses have a total 24 deciduous or milk teeth – 12 Read more…
A neck strap is a simple piece of leather that goes around a horse’s neck. The rider can hold onto it to increase stability without pulling on the horse’s mouth. Neck straps are often seen in show jumping and show jumping disciplines, but any rider can use this handy tool. Read more…
A horse’s knee, or “carpus” in their front leg is analogous to a human wrist. In the hind leg, a horse’s hock is analogous to a human ankle. What is a horses wrist called? The carpus is the joint in the horse corresponding to your wrist. The bones of the Read more…
Types of Bones The equine skeleton is made up of a combination of Flat bones, Long bones, Short bones, Flat bones and Sesamoid bones. Flat Bones These have a broad flat surface onto which muscles can attach for example the bones in the head . Are horse bones similar to Read more…
The rider’s nose, chin, breastbone, belly button and spine all align with the horse’s spine. From the side, the rider’s ear, shoulder, hip and heel should align. As the horse begins to move, the rider keeps equal weight on both seat bones to indicate a straight direction of travel. What Read more…
Senior feeds are high in fiber, as well as properly fortified with calcium and phosphorus. By simply soaking a serving of her horse’s senior feed with warm water for 5-8 minutes until it reaches a consistency her horse will enjoy, she will have a nice warm mash for her senior Read more…
It always communicates with proximal intertarsal joint. What joints communicate in the horse? The stifle or genual joint of horses is divided into two inconsistently communicating cavities. Cranially the femoropatellar joint is formed by the patella and femoral trochlea; caudally the femorotibial joint is composed of the femoral and tibial Read more…
Homologous to the elbow in humans. Ergot: a callosity on the back of the fetlock. What is a horse arm called? Each forelimb of the horse runs from the scapula (shoulder blade) to the navicular bone (bone in the hoof). The bones and joints in between include: Humerus (arm) What Read more…
Synovial Joints. Synovial Joints: Synovial joints are the most common in the horse’s body. They help with movement and come in different shapes, such as the ball and socket of the hip joint or the hinge joint of the elbow. What is the hip joint in a horse called? Coxofemoral/Hip Read more…