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| A body system which consists of the larges tissue mass in the horse’s body is called what? |
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| What four parts of the digestive tract make up the foregut? |
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| Mouth, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine |
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| What is the obstructive lodging of food in the intestine called? |
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| How long is the small intestine and what is its capacity in quarts? |
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| Approximately 70 feet long and capacity of 48 quarts |
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| What organ contains three parts called the duodenum, ileum, and jejunum? |
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| The horse’s stomach makes up what percent of the digestive tract? |
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| Name two accessory organs of the horse’s digestive system? |
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| Teeth, salivary glands, tongue |
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| Name the type of bones that protect the horse’s vital organs? |
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| Why is a large girth measurement desired on a horse? |
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| It indicates ample space for the horse’s heart and lungs |
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| If a horse has six cheek teeth on each side of its jaws, how many cheek teeth does a horse have? |
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| What term describes a horse that has less than a four finger width between the last rib and the point of the horse’s hip? |
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| How many turbinates are in each nostril? |
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| An agent that produces a quieting or calming effect without significantly changing the level of consciousness is what? |
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| Name two conformation faults that would predispose a horse to a trappy stride? |
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| Short, straight pasterns and straight shoulders |
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| Name three specific divisions of circulation in the horse’s circulatory system? |
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| Systemic circulation; pulmonary circulation; lymphatic circulation |
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| What part of the horse’s hoof wall is the thickest? |
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| What term refers to a noticeable pause in the flight of the foot? |
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| What is the term for an abnormally upright foot with high heel and short toe? |
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| What is the largest tissue mass in the horse’s body? |
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| Name the artery that carries oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs? |
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| What is another name for the knee bones? |
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| Name the 4 components of the horse’s topline? |
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| Withers, back, loin, croup |
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| Where specifically would the Galvayne’s Groove be located? |
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| At the gum margin of the upper corner incisor |
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| The carpus or knee of the horse corresponds anatomically to what in a human? |
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| How many teats does a mare have? |
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| What part of the horse’s circulatory system serves to pump blood away from it’s heart? |
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| How many coccygeal vertebrae are found in the horse’s tail? |
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| Describe what happens when the horse’s lacrimal duct is plugged up? |
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| Tears from the horse’s eye pour out onto its face |
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| What are the two ovarian hormones that control the mare’s estrous cycle? |
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| Why is the lower leg of the horse used to estimate bone quality? |
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| There is no muscle there. |
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| What do we call a liquid introduced into the intestine by way of the anus? |
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| The prospect of recovery from a disease or injury is known as what? |
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| On what two areas of the body is thiamin converted to its active form? |
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| Name three ways to distinguish permanent teeth from temporary teeth? |
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| Permanent teeth have greater size, darker color, boarder neck showing no constriction and greater width from side to side |
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| Incisors and cheek teeth continue to erupt until what age? |
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| Name the largest part of the horse’s brain? |
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| The navicular bone and bursa are associated with what tendon? |
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| What endocrine tissue produces insulin? |
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| What are the names of the first two vertebrae? |
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| What is another name for the hamstring of the horse? |
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| How many teeth does a mature male horse have? |
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| Do the front legs or hindlegs have the most joints? |
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| What is the ideal slope of the shoulder? |
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| When do horses’ teeth stop growing? |
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| What is the normal resting heart rate of the horse? |
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| Name the three types of muscles? |
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| Smooth, skeletal and cardiac |
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| Name the two bones which make up the forearm? |
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| What is the scientific name for the windpipe? |
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| Where on the horse would there be no sweat glands? |
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| Describe the foot-fall sequence of a horse cantering on the right lead? |
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| Hind left, fore left and hind right together, fore right |
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| What is the term for the point of the frog towards the toe? |
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| What is the common name of the scapula? |
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| When treating a stifled horse surgically, what ligament is cut? |
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| What is the term for the uncontrolled escape of blood from a vessel? |
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