Horse Skeletal Anatomy Side. The coronal suture runs from side to side across the skull within the coronal plane of section see Figure 75. Sisson in Comparative Anatomy of the Domestic Animals 1921 edition gives the following definitions.
These are mostly used with animal anatomy but can be used in human anatomy as long as they are describing the side of an appendage. The field of vision is obstructed only by the body and the shape of the head. Apart from a narrow blind area behind in an arc of 10 degrees or so a horse can see almost all of the 360 degrees around him in the horizontal plane.
This is a basic glossary of equestrian terms that includes both technical terminology and jargon developed over the centuries for horses and other equidae as well as various horse-related conceptsWhere noted some terms are used only in American English US only in British English UK or are regional to a particular part of the world such as Australia AU.
Apart from a narrow blind area behind in an arc of 10 degrees or so a horse can see almost all of the 360 degrees around him in the horizontal plane. Sisson in Comparative Anatomy of the Domestic Animals 1921 edition gives the following definitions. Equine eyes are set to the side of the head and forward. One example is the dorsal fin in fish found on the upper side of the fishs body.
