4 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE 



up into subordinate parts. These have been classified and arranged in the 

 following description, and the subdivisions are mapped out and indicated 

 in the figures which accompany it. 



1. THE HEAD 



The head is suspended from the neck, to which it is united by a number 

 of muscles, as well as by a long elastic ligament attached to the cervical 

 verte])r£e and extending backward to the withers. Its bony base is united 

 wdth the first bone of the soine by a free-moviug joint. 



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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 and 

 the inferior) and four surfaces, distinguished as the anterior or front, the 

 posterior 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 bony 

 ridge forming the summit of the forehead, and termed the occijntal crest. 

 Beliind, it joins the anterior extremity of the cervical crest or upper line of 

 the neck. A tuft of hair, the forelock, falls from this point over the fore- 



