Medical Terminology Chapter 4

Front 1

barrel

(equine, cattle)

Back 1

capacity of the chest or trunk

Front 2

bars

(equine)

Back 2

raised V-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof

Front 3

cannon bone

(equine)

Back 3

third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse; also called the shin bone

Front 4

cheek

(equine, dogs, cats)

Back 4

fleshy portion of either side of the face; forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips

Front 5

chest

(equine, dogs, cats)

Back 5

part of the body between the neck and abdomen; the thorax

Front 6

chestnuts

(equine)

Back 6

horny, irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg; in the front legs, the chestnuts are just above the knee; in the rear legs, the chestnuts are near the hock

Front 7

coffin joint

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 7

distal interphalangeal joint (joint between the short pastern and the coffin bones (phalanges II and III, respectively)) in ungulates

Front 8

corners

(equine)

Back 8

third incisors of equine

Front 9

coronary band

(equine)

Back 9

junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof; also called the coronet

Front 10

crest

(equine)

Back 10

root of the mane

Front 11

croup

(equine)

Back 11

muscular area around and above the tail base

Front 12

cutters

(equine)

Back 12

second incisors of equine

Front 13

dock

(equine, cattle, sheep)

Back 13

solid part of the tail

Front 14

elbow

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 14

forelimb joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna

Front 15

ergot

(equine)

Back 15

small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or plantar aspects of the equine fetlock

Front 16

fetlock

(equine)

Back 16

area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon

Front 17

fetlock joint

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 17

metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint (joint between the cannon bone and long pastern bone (phalanx I)) in ungulates

Front 18

flank

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 18

side of the body between the ribs and ilium

Front 19

forelock

(equine)

Back 19

in maned animals, the most cranial part of the mane hanging down between the ears and onto the forehead

Front 20

frog

(equine)

Back 20

V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof

Front 21

gaskin

(equine)

Back 21

muscular portion of the hindlimb between the stifle and hock; also called the crus

Front 22

heart girth

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 22

circumference of the chest just caudal to the shoulders and cranial to the back

Front 23

heel

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 23

caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb

Front 24

hock

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 24

tarsal joint; also called the tarsus

Front 25

hoof

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 25

hard covering of the digit in ungulates

Front 26

hoof wall

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 26

hard, horny outer layer of the covering of the digit in ungulates

Front 27

knee

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 27

carpus in ungulates (an ungulate is an animal with hooves)

Front 28

loin

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 28

lumbar region of the back, between the thorax and pelvis

Front 29

mane

(equine)

Back 29

region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck and terminating at the poll

Front 30

muzzle

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, dogs, cats)

Back 30

two nostrils (including the skin and fascia) and the muscles of the upper and lower lip

Front 31

nippers

(equine)

Back 31

central incisors of equine

Front 32

paralumbar fossa

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 32

hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae (dorsally), the last rib (cranially), and the thigh muscles (caudally)

Front 33

pastern

(equine)

Back 33

area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof

Front 34

pastern joint

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine)

Back 34

proximal interphalangeal joint (joint between the long and short pastern bones (phalanges I and II, respectively)) in ungulates

Front 35

poll

occiput

nuchal crest

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 35

top of the head

Front 36

quarter

(equine)

Back 36

lateral or medial side of the hoof

Front 37

shoulder

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 37

region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula

Front 38

sole

(equine)

Back 38

palmar or plantar surface of the hoof; irregular crescent-shaped bottom of hoof

Front 39

stifle joint

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 39

femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds

Front 40

tail

(equine, cattle, goats, swine, dogs, cats)

Back 40

caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond the trunk

Front 41

tail head

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 41

base of the tail where it connects to the body

Front 42

teat

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 42

nipple of mammary gland

Front 43

toe

(equine)

Back 43

cranial side of the hoof

Front 44

udder

(equine, cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 44

mammary gland

Front 45

white line

(equine)

Back 45

fusion between the wall and sole of the hoof

Front 46

withers

(equine, goats)

Back 46

region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula like just below the skin

Front 47

brisket

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 47

mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the cranioventral part of the ruminant chest between the forelegs

Front 48

cannon bone

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 48

third and fourth metacarpal (metatarsal) of the ruminant (not commonly used); also called the shin bone

Front 49

crest

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 49

dorsal margin of the neck

Front 50

dewclaw

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 50

accessory claw of the ruminant foot that projects caudally from the fetlock

Front 51

dewlap

(cattle)

Back 51

loose skin under the throat and neck, which may become pendulous in some breeds

Front 52

forearm

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 52

part of the foreleg supported by the radius and ulna, between the elbow and knee

Front 53

forehead

(cattle, goats, sheep, dogs, cats)

Back 53

region of the head between the eyes and ears

Front 54

hooks

(cattle, goats)

Back 54

protrusion of the wing of the ilium on the dorsolateral area of ruminants

Front 55

pedal

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 55

pertaining to the foot

Front 56

pins

(cattle, goats)

Back 56

protrusion of the ischium bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants

Front 57

quarter

(cattle)

Back 57

one of the four glands in the cow's udder

Front 58

sole

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 58

palmar or plantar surface of the hoof; bottom of hoof

Front 59

switch

(cattle)

Back 59

tuft of hair at the end of the tail

Front 60

toe

(cattle, goats, sheep)

Back 60

cranial end of the hoof

Front 61

chine

(goats)

Back 61

thoracic region of the back

Front 62

horn butt

(goats)

Back 62

poll region between the eyes and ears of previous horn growth

Front 63

rump

(goats, sheep, swine)

Back 63

sacral to tailhead region of the back

Front 64

wattle

(goats)

Back 64

appendages suspended from the head (usually under the chin)

Front 65

dewclaw

(swine)

Back 65

accessory claw of the porcine foot that projects caudally from the fetlock

Front 66

ham

(swine)

Back 66

musculature of the upper thigh

Front 67

jowl

(swine)

Back 67

external throat, especially when fat or loose skin is present

Front 68

snout

(swine)

Back 68

upper lip and apex of the nose of swine

Front 69

chin

(dogs, cats)

Back 69

rostroventral protrusion of the mandible

Front 70

dewclaw

(dogs, cats)

Back 70

rudimentary first digit of dogs and cats

Front 71

forearm

(dogs, cats)

Back 71

part of the foreleg supported by the radius and ulna, between the elbow and carpus

Front 72

pinna

auricle

(dogs, cats)

Back 72

projecting part of the ear lying outside the head

Front 73

rump

croup

(dogs, cats)

Back 73

sacral to tailhead region of the back