Points of the horse

Horses bodies are designed for strength and speed, but some are stronger or faster than others. The different parts of a horse's body are known as the points, and many have special names. This makes it easy to refer to particular areas without confusion.

1- Eye
2- Forelock
3- Ears
4- Poll
5- neck
6- Crest
7- Mane
8- Shoulder
8A- Withers
9- Back
10- Loins
11- Point of hip
 

12- Croup
13- Hip joint
14- Quartrs
15- Dock
16- Point of buttock
17- Thigh
18- Ergot
19- Hoof
20- Pastern
21- Fetlockjoint
22- shannon

23- Tail
24- Hock
25- Point of hock
26- Stifle
27- Sheath
27A- Belly
28- Shestnut
29- Coronet
30- Pastern
31- Fetlock
32- Cannon Bone
34-Knee

35- Forean
36- Elbow
37- Chest
38- Shoulder
39- Windpip
40- Throt
41- Cheek
42- Chin groove
43- Muzzle
44- Nostril

Anatomy

     Upper Horse: Mare:
1- aorta
2- left lobe of liver
3- stomach
4- spleem
5- left kidney
6- body of uternus
7- oesphagus
8- trachea
9- left vagus nerve
10- left ventricle
11- left dorsal colon
12- small intestine
13- left ventral colon
14- external anal shincter muscle
15- vulva
16- urinary bladder

Down Horse:
Stallion:
2- right lobe of liver
10- right ventricle of heart
16- urinary bladder
17- rectum
18- descending duodenum
19- right kidney
20- Azygos vein
21- right risticle
22- body of penis
23- lateral caecal band
24- dorsal sac of caecum
25- right ventral colon
26- caudal vena cava.

The horse's skeleton

The horse's skeleton is the main framework of its body. It supports the body and protects the most delicate organs inside: the skull shields the brain, while the ribs guard the heart, lungs and organs. The bones are connected by moveable joints and worked by muscles. Fossil show how the horse's skeleton has adapted over 60 million years, from the earliest Eohippus (dawn horse), to the modern horse Equus caballus

The bones of the skeleton
There are two main parts to a horse's skeletons. The axial skeleton protects the horse's vital parts and consists of the skull, the ribcage and the backbone. The appendicular skeleton supports the body and consists of the shoulders and forelegs, pelvis and hind legs.

Axial Skeleton
The skull protects the brain. The backbone carries and protects the spinal cord. The ribcage protects the heart, lungs and other important internal organs.

Appendicular skeleton
This part of the horse's skeleton supports the rest of its body. The shoulders, pelvis, fore and hind legs are connected to the axial skeleton through a network of muscles and and ligaments