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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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he horse. In looking at the exterior of the horse the primary divisions to whichwe have referred become at once obvious. The subdivisions—their extentand limitations, together with the surface markings and characters of each-—will now be considered in some detail. The information to be heresupplied may be regarded as essential and complemental to that higherbranch of horse knowledge presently to be considered under the head ofconformation. Each of the primary divisions is capable of being broken 4 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE up into subordinate parts. These have been classified and arranged in thefollowing description, and the subdivisions are mapped out and indicatedin the figures which accompany it. 1. THE HEAD The head is suspended from the neck, to which it is united by a numberof muscles, as well as by a long elastic ligament attached to the cervicalverte))r£e and extending backward to the withers. Its bony base is unitedwdth the first bone of the soine by a free-moviug joint.
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11 Fig. 2.—The Head: Side View Forehead. ^ Ears. * Supra-orbit. Eyebrow. ^ Eye. Nose. ^ Nasal Peak. ^ Nostril, i Upper Lip. Lower Lip. Chin. Cheek. Temple. = Neck. Throat. - Cervical Groove. The head presents for consideration two extremities (the superior andthe inferior) and four surfaces, distinguished as the anterior or front, theposterior or back, and the right and left lateral surfaces. SUPERIOR EXTREMITY OF THE HEAD This region comprises—1, the poll; and 2, the throat. The Poll (fig. C).—The poll or nape is the highest point of the head.It occupies the space between the ears. In front it is limited by a bonyridge forming the summit of the forehead, and termed the occijntal crest.Beliind, it joins the anterior extremity of the cervical crest or upper line ofthe neck. A tuft of hair, the forelock, falls from this point over the fore- THE HEAD 5 head, and serves to protect the eyes from the suns rays, as well as frominsects and other foreign matter. The Throat.—The throat

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