Parts of the Horse

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The posterior part of a human body from the neck to the end of the spine (4)
  2. 4. The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth (3)
  3. 6. The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern (7)
  4. 9. The part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist (7)
  5. 12. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other (5)
  6. 14. The time of the last part of something (4)
  7. 15. Greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal ___ in the shank or ___ part of the leg in hoofed (10)

Down

  1. 1. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck (4)
  2. 2. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (5)
  3. 3. A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired (6)
  4. 5. A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula (8)
  5. 7. Wood of any of various ___ trees of the genus Castanea (8)
  6. 8. A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal (5)
  7. 10. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people (4)
  8. 11. Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals (4)
  9. 13. The foot of an ungulate mammal (4)