CASE AFNR 5.4 Vocabulary - Animals in Ag

That portion of animal's leg, ankle, or pastern from the knee to the fetlock in the front legs.

The type, form, and shape of the live animal, usually with reference to performance.

Choosing certain individuals for breeding purposes to propagate or improve desired traits.

The skeletal & muscular makeup of an animal which gives the animal visual appeal.

The organs of the body, either male or female, concerned with producing offspring.

The degree of muscle.

A combination of the skin, hair, coat, head, throat-latch, feet, and bone structure.

A standard of judgement or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.

The changes that food undergoes within the digestive tract to prepare it for absorption.

The region of the tarsal joint in the hind leg of a horse or other quadruped.

A distinct part of a plant or animal that carries on one or more particular functions.

The pulsatory movement of blood in the body.

A type of diagram that shows various relationship between concepts.

A piece of the skeleton of a vertebrate.

An internal secretion.

The branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms.

The degree of fatness.

The physical condition of the skeletal structure, especially the feet and legs, of an animal.

In animals, the act of breathing; the drawing of air into the lungs and its exhalation.

To examine and judge carefully.

Designating an animal lacking in condition of flesh or finish.

The science that deals with function of a plant or animal's body and its organs, systems, etc.

Amount of body volume.

Concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones.

Pertaining to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.

The system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human including the brain & spinal cord.

The degree or amount of fat on a breeding animal.