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CANNON BONE: The bone of the lower foreleg between the knee and the fetlock. Also called the shin bone. In the hindleg, the corresponding bone is called the shank.
CHESTNUT: The small rubbery protrusion on the inside of all four legs.
CHIN GROOVE: The groove above the lower lip in which the curb chain of a curb bit lies.
CORONET: The top of the hoof between hair covered skin and hoof where growth takes place.
CROUP: The top of the hind quarters, from the point of the top of the tail.
ELBOW: Joint. Located on the foreleg between the shoulder joint and knee joint.
ERGOT: Horny growth at the back of the fetlock joint.
FETLOCK: Lowest joint on the horse's leg.
FOREARM: The upper part of the foreleg, above the knee.
FORELOCK: The mane between the ears, which hangs forward over forehead.
GIRTH: The circumference of the body measured from behind the withers around the barrel.
HOCK: Joint midway up the hind leg, responsible for providing most of the forward energy of the horse.
HOOF: The hard horny covering of the horse's foot.
KNEE: The carpal joint. Between radius and cannon of the foreleg.
LOINS: The weakest part of the horse's back, lying either side of the vertebrae, just behind the saddle.
MUZZLE: The end of a horse's face, including the nose, nostrils, and lips.
PASTERN: The sloping bone in the lower leg which connects the hoof to the fetlock.
POLL: Highest point on the top of the horse's head.
QUARTERS: The part of the horse's body from the rear of the flank to the top of the tail down to the top of the gaskin.
SHANK: Hind cannon.
TENDON: Fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
WITHERS: Point at the bottom of the horse's neck from which the horse's height is measured.

CANNON BONE