UPPER ASPECT OF THE BODY— TOP-LINE 



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The inferior border of the neck is rounded, and encloses the windpipe or 

 trachea (fig. 5). A little higher, on the side, may be noticed a longitudinal 

 groove (fig. 2) running from the throat downward. This is the " channel 

 of the neck " or cervical groove, along which runs the jugular vein, and, 

 deeper still, the carotid artery. 



The Withers. — The withers comprise that prominent portion of 

 the spine placed between the neck and the back, and supported on either 



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1' Poll. 

 " Cheek. 

 Groove. 

 '^'^ Canon. 

 « Buttock. 



Fig. 9. — Exterior of the Horse; Three-quarter Back View 



' Ear. 5 Eyebrow. ^ Eye. ' Nose. " Nostril. '" Upper Lip. '• Lower Lip. 

 1= Neck. 15' Crest. « Withers. i' Back. '8 Loins. '^ Croup. =" Tail. 



=3 Shoulder. =•■ Shoulder Point. =« Upper Arm. =^9 Forearm. 3o chestnut. 



33 Fetlock-joint. ^ Pastern. ^5 Coronet. 36 Foot. 38 Chest. 39 Abdomen. 



« Haunch. ■>" Stifle. «« Leg or Gaskin. 



52 Chestnut. *3 Canon. ^ Fetlock-joint. 



« Point of Buttock. « Thigh. 



* Point of Hock. *' Tendo AohUles or Ham-string 

 ^ Coronet. ^~ Foot. 



12 Chin. 

 22 Cervical 



31 Knee. 



*o Flank. 



« Hock. 

 ^ Pastern. 



side by the upper extremity of the shoulders. It is formed by the long 

 projecting spines of the dorsal vertebras, numbering from the second to 

 the sixth, or seventh, and the muscles in connection with them. From 

 this point the height of the horse is taken, and, as will be seen later 



