Anatomy Hard Game 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 At approximately over the 15th vertebra | Where is the center of motion? |
| They help pull the leg forward & enable propulsion. | What do gaskin muscles have to do with the horse's stride? |
| Coffin bone | What common name is given to the 3rd phalanx bone of the foot? |
| Cuticle | The periople corresponds to what part of a human nail? |
| Sensitive laminae | What is the name of the internal foot structure that serves as a means of attachment for the hoof wall & the coffin bone? |
| Helps absorb shock & helps circulation of the blood | What is the purpose of the digital cushion? |
| Gaskin | Which muscles help to pull the rear leg forward & enable propulsion, giving the horse a long, powerful stride? |
| The alveoli | Where in the horse's lungs does the gas exchange occur? |
| Hemoglobin | In the red blood cells, to what does the oxygen attach itself? |
| Respiratory frequency | What is another name for the respiration rate? |
| Tidal volume | What is the term for the total amount of inspired air? |
| Minute volume | What is the term for the amount of air inspired in one minute? |
| Arterial hypoxemia | What is the term for the situation in which the oxygen saturation of arterial blood leaving the lungs is lowered during intense exercise? |
| Weight of rider too far back | What lessens the horse's propelling power? |
| From the point of shoulder, bisecting the extension process of the coffin bone & hoof base | On the front limb, where is the center of gravity? |
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