IEA Horsemanship Test | Actual Exam
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What are the three main types of muscles found in a horse's body? - ✔✔Cardiac (Found in heart),
Smooth (Found in autonomic systems like the digestive tract), Skeletal (Responsible for moving the
bones)
How much of a horses body weight do muscles account for? - ✔✔About half
What do flexor muscles do? - ✔✔Bend joints
What do extensor muscles do? - ✔✔Strengthen joints
What do tendons do? - ✔✔Connect muscles to bones (more elastic than ligaments)
When a tendon is damaged, what is compromised? - ✔✔Elasticity
Tendonitis - ✔✔Any clinical or pathological disorder that involves inflammation within the tendon and
paratendon, but does not involve the tendon sheath (a tendon sheath is what protects the tendon)
Tendosynovitis - ✔✔Inflammation within the tendon sheath
Tendon rupture or bowed tendon - ✔✔The most severe of stress-induced inflammatory
reactions resulting in hemorrhage and edema (bleeding or swelling)
The ideal horse's conformation can be described by being/having... - ✔✔Three equal sections
(Shoulders, barrel and hindquarters), Square (Excluding the head and neck, the horse is as long as he is
tall), Equidistant (The distance from the point of shoulder to the point of the buttocks is equal
, to the distance from the top of the withers to the ground), Even (The withers are level or slightly higher
than the croup), Symmetrical (To judge symmetry, look at the horse from front and rear, both left and
right)
Athletic structure is the function of a horse's: - ✔✔balance, agility, movement
Conformation flaws of the head - ✔✔Overly large head (can cause stress on horses front end), Dished
face (can cause obstruction to nasal passages), Parrot mouthed horse (can cause dental issues), Small
eyes (can cause depth perception issues)
Head and neck should be... - ✔✔Proportionate, Broad forehead with eyes set at corners of head, Well
set ears that are not overly large, Symmetrical
The neck should display the following characteristics - ✔✔Defined throat latch (full range of motion),
flexible and graceful, longer than crest from throat latch to shoulder, join the chest above the point of
shoulder, be 1/3 the horses length to give the best balance and agility
How many teeth do horses have when born? - ✔✔None, they get baby teeth between 0-9 months of age
When do permanent teeth push through? - ✔✔Two and a half years
When does a horse have a "full mouth"? - ✔✔5 years old
Incisors
Central incisors
Intermediate incisors
Corner incisors
Permanent central incisors
Permanent intermediate incisors
Permanent corner incisors
Questions | 100% Correct Answers |
Verified 2024 Version
What are the three main types of muscles found in a horse's body? - ✔✔Cardiac (Found in heart),
Smooth (Found in autonomic systems like the digestive tract), Skeletal (Responsible for moving the
bones)
How much of a horses body weight do muscles account for? - ✔✔About half
What do flexor muscles do? - ✔✔Bend joints
What do extensor muscles do? - ✔✔Strengthen joints
What do tendons do? - ✔✔Connect muscles to bones (more elastic than ligaments)
When a tendon is damaged, what is compromised? - ✔✔Elasticity
Tendonitis - ✔✔Any clinical or pathological disorder that involves inflammation within the tendon and
paratendon, but does not involve the tendon sheath (a tendon sheath is what protects the tendon)
Tendosynovitis - ✔✔Inflammation within the tendon sheath
Tendon rupture or bowed tendon - ✔✔The most severe of stress-induced inflammatory
reactions resulting in hemorrhage and edema (bleeding or swelling)
The ideal horse's conformation can be described by being/having... - ✔✔Three equal sections
(Shoulders, barrel and hindquarters), Square (Excluding the head and neck, the horse is as long as he is
tall), Equidistant (The distance from the point of shoulder to the point of the buttocks is equal
, to the distance from the top of the withers to the ground), Even (The withers are level or slightly higher
than the croup), Symmetrical (To judge symmetry, look at the horse from front and rear, both left and
right)
Athletic structure is the function of a horse's: - ✔✔balance, agility, movement
Conformation flaws of the head - ✔✔Overly large head (can cause stress on horses front end), Dished
face (can cause obstruction to nasal passages), Parrot mouthed horse (can cause dental issues), Small
eyes (can cause depth perception issues)
Head and neck should be... - ✔✔Proportionate, Broad forehead with eyes set at corners of head, Well
set ears that are not overly large, Symmetrical
The neck should display the following characteristics - ✔✔Defined throat latch (full range of motion),
flexible and graceful, longer than crest from throat latch to shoulder, join the chest above the point of
shoulder, be 1/3 the horses length to give the best balance and agility
How many teeth do horses have when born? - ✔✔None, they get baby teeth between 0-9 months of age
When do permanent teeth push through? - ✔✔Two and a half years
When does a horse have a "full mouth"? - ✔✔5 years old
Incisors
Central incisors
Intermediate incisors
Corner incisors
Permanent central incisors
Permanent intermediate incisors
Permanent corner incisors
