PREPARED BY: Leslie Price YEAR: 2014 QUESTION: What is "laminae"? ANSWER: CARD: 20 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 QUESTION:

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1 CARD: 17 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 `What is a "farrier"? A person who shoes horses CARD: 18 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 What is "laminae"? The horney grooved inside of the hoof and on the outside front of the coffin bone CARD: 19 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 CARD: 20 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 True or False: Work from the toe to the heal when cleaning a horses foot. FALSE you should always work from the heal toward the toe. What is "thrush"? Thrush is a disease of the foot characterized by a pungent odor. It causes a softening of tissues in the cleft of the frog and bars. It is caused by unsanitary conditions and bacteria.

2 CARD: 21 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 Name two ways to treat dry hooves on a shod horse. 1) Pack the hooves in wet clay once or twice a week after the horse has been used. 2) Attach burlap sacks around hooves and keep moist. CARD: 22 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 How much does a healthy hoof grow in a month? 3/8 to 1/2 inch CARD: 23 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 CARD: 24 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 What are "nippers"? Scissor like tool used to trim a horses hoof What is a "rasp"? A course file used on a horses' hoof

3 CARD: 24 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 47 What is "periople"? Periople is the thin varnish like outer layer of a horses' hoof provided by nature as a protective coating that prevents evaporation CARD: 25 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 48 Name thre functions of the hoof. 1) Shock absorption 2) Locomotion 3) Circulation CARD: 26 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 48 CARD: 27 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 48 What is the name of the tendon that is attached to the coffin bone and hoof that flexes the hoof for each step of locomotion? Flexor tendon What is the role of the "planter cushion"? The planter cushion acts as a sponge where blood pools when the pressure of the hoof decreases. As the foot strikes the ground, pressure causes the planter cushion to compress forcing blood into the veins and up the legs.

4 CARD: 28 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 48 What are five purposes of "shoes"? 1) They protect the hoof against excessive wear. 2) They can provide better traction in unfavorable conditions 3) They can help correct defects of stance or gait 4) They can be used to cure disease or defective hooves 5) Used to provide relief from p CARD: 29 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 What are "racing plates" used for? Racing plates are used on running horses to aid in gripping the track. CARD: 30 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 CARD: 31 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 True or False: Shoes are made to fit the foot, not the foot made to fit the shoe. TRUE What is "splayfoot" and how is it corrected? Spayfoot is front toes turned out and heels turned in. Splayfoot can be helped or corrected by trimming the outer half of the foot.

5 CARD: 32 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 What is "pigeon toe" and how is it corrected? Pigeon toe is front toes turned in and heels turned out (opposite of splayfoot). Pigeon toe can helped or corrected by trimming the inner half of the foot more than the outer half. CARD: 33 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 What is "quarter crack" and how is it treated? Quarter crack is a verticle crack on the side of the hoof and is corrected by keeping the hoof moist and toes shortened. CARD: 34 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 CARD: 35 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 49 What are "cocked ankles"? Cocked ankles are standing bent forward on the fetlocks, usually hind fetlocks How are "contracted heels" corrected? Contracted heels ir close at heels can be spread apart if the heels are lowered and the frog allowed to carry more of the animal's weight.

6 CARD: 36 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 True or False: Horses feet should be kept square. FALSE. Horses feet should be well rounded. CARD: 37 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 Define Lameness Lameness results when a horse travels in a manner inconsistant with its natural way of going CARD: 38 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 CARD: 39 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 Define Founder and give 3 causes. Founder or laminitis is a serious ailment of the sensative laminae, possibly caused by 1) over eating grain or lush pasture, 2) too much water when the horse is hot, 3) overwork or inflammation of the uterus following foaling. Define ringbone Ringbone is new bone growth on the long pastern bone, short pastern bone or coffin bone, occuring generally in the forefeet.

7 CARD: 40 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 Define corns Corns are a ruise of the sole at the angle of the wall and the bar of the hoof. CARD: 41 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 Define gravel Gravel is an actual infection of the sensative portions of the hoof that gains access thru cracks in the white line on the sole. CARD: 42 REFERENCE: Horse and Horsemanship CHAPTER: 10 PAGE: 50 Define navicular disease CARD: REFERENCE: CHAPTER: PAGE: PREPARED BY: YEAR: Navicular disease is an inflammation of the navicluar bone of the forefeet. The cause may be disease or injury to the navicular bone resulting in possible lameness.