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Intro to Animal Science

Laboratory Activity No.2

External Anatomy of Farm Animals

Introduction

External anatomy of farm animals is the study of external structure of the farm animal
and their functions. It deals with the structural organization of living things. It assesses the
health of the animal, aid in judging animal based on the breed characteristics and determine
the purpose of the animal.

Objectives

At the end of the exercise, the students are expected to:

1. Illustrate and Label the external parts of farm animals; and

2. Realize the importance of being familiar with the parts and functions of the external
parts of farm animals.

Materials

Learning Center or Campus Library/ Internet source

Laerning Activity

1. The students will have to visit the internet, search for the illustrations of the
external anatomy of male and female Chicken, Duck, Swine, Goat and Cattle.

2. Draw and label the parts of the listed farm animals above.

3. Use the format below per Animal and Animal Type

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IMAGE WITH LABELS of PARTS

1. (Animal)

Part Functions or descriptions

1.  Points – the tip of the pointed parts
of the comb
 Comb – fleshy crest on the head of
domestic chicken
 Beak – used by birds to peck
 Wattle – Fleshy pendulous usually
about the head or neck
 Hackle – the neck plumage of
domestic fowl
 Breast – the fore or ventral part of
the body between the neck and the
abdomen
 Wing bar – a line of contrasting
color across the middle of a bird’s
wing made
by markings on the wing coverts
 Thigh – the proximal segment of
the vertebrate hind or lower limb
 Hock – a joint of a fowl’s leg
 Claw – sharp, slender and curved
bail on the toe
 Spur – a stiff sharp spine on the
legs of a bird
 Shank – part of leg between the
hock and the spur
 Fluff – fluffy feathers
 Flight feathers – one of the quills
of a bird’s wing that support it in
flight
 Saddle – rear part of a male fowl’s
back extending to the tail
 Tail – prolongation of the rear end
of an animal
 Back cape – the narrow feathers
after the neck going to the back
 Earlobe – the pendent part of the
ear
 Ear – for hearing
 Eye – for seeing

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 Sickles- sickle shaped feathers
2.
 Hackle - the neck plumage of
domestic fowl
 Tail – prolongation of the rear end
of an animal.
 Fluff – it is the fluffy feathers
 Back – the narrow feathers after
the neck going to the back
 Toes – use to scratch around,
climb, and roost
 Claw - sharp, slender and curved
bail on the toe
 Shank - part of leg between the
hock and the spur
 Hock joint - a joint of a fowl’s leg

3.  Eye – for seeing

 Crown – topmost part of head
 Ear – for hearing
 Head – anterior division of animal
body that contains the brain
 Neck – connects the head with the
body
 Back – rear part of the body
 Wing – use for flying
 Male feathers or drake feathers –
curled tail feathers of a male duck
 Tail - prolongation of the rear end
of an animal
 Thigh - the proximal segment of
the vertebrate hind or lower limb
 Thank - part of leg between the
thigh and the foot
 Foot – webbed foot for walking
and paddling in the water
 Keel - an extension of the breast
 Breast- the fore or ventral part of
the body between the neck and the
abdomen

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4.

 Eye – for seeing

 Head – anterior division of animal
body that contains the brain
 Back – rear part of the body
 Foot – webbed foot for walking
and paddling in the water
 Feathers - insulate ducks from
water and cold temperatures

5.
 Snout - the projecting nose and
mouth of an animal
 Ear – for hearing
 Eye – for seeing
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders
 Shoulder - part of an animal's
body where a front leg is
connected.
 Loin – the part lying between the
upper part of the hipbone and the
last of the false ribs on either side
of the backbone
 Rump - is, posterior to the loins
and anterior to the tail.
 Ham - back part of the thigh the
hind leg of a four-legged
 Rear flank – the hind side section
of the animal body
 Hock - pork knuckle is the joint
between the tibia/fibula and the
metatarsals
 of the foot of a pig, where the foot
was attached to the hog's leg
 Pastern – extending from fetlock to
the top of the hoof
 Sheath - the tubular fold of skin
into which the penis of many
mammals is retracted.

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 Underline - The line of the lower
part of an animal's body.
 Belly - undersurface of an animal's
body; the abdomen
 Fore flank - the front side section
of the animal body
 Dewclaw - a functionless digit on
the foot of some animals
 Jowl - an animal's jaw and
especially the lower jaw
6.
 Ear – for hearing
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders
 Shoulder - part of an animal's body
where a front leg is connected.
 Loin – the part lying between the
upper part of the hipbone and the
last of the false ribs on either side
of the backbone
 Rump - is, posterior to the loins
and anterior to the tail.
 Dewclaw - the smaller
appendages on the back of the
pigís legs, located above the
hooves. The pig should not be
walking down on its dewclaws.
Certain breeds are ineligible for
registration if they possess
extra dewclaws.
 Snout - the projecting nose and
mouth of an animal
 Ham - back part of the thigh the
hind leg of a four-legged
 Hock - pork knuckle is the joint
between the tibia/fibula and the
metatarsals of the foot of a pig,
where the foot was attached to the
hog's leg
 Pastern – extending from fetlock to
the top of the hoof
 Belly - undersurface of an animal's
body; the abdomen
 Fore flank - the front side section
of the animal body
 Dewclaw - a functionless digit on
the foot of some animals
 Jowl - an animal's jaw and

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especially the lower jaw
7.  Horn - a permanent pointed
projection on the head of various
animals
 Ear – for hearing
 Eye – for seeing
 Nostril - the external opening of
the nose
 Muzzle - the projecting jaws and
nose of an animal
 Jaw - supports the soft parts of the
mouth and usually bears teeth on
its edge and of which the lower
part is movable
 Throat – passage through the neck
to the stomach and lungs
 Brisket - the breast or lower chest
of a quadruped animal
 Fore leg – front leg
 Knee – makes bending the leg
possible
 Front cannon – fore part of leg
where cannon bone is found
 Pastern - extending from fetlock to
the top of the hoof
 Hoof - hoof protects the animal
and helps it to walk and run
 Dewclaw - a functionless digit on
the foot of some animals
 Flank – the side section of the
animal body
 Stifle – (stifle joint) is a complex
joint in the hind limbs of
quadruped
 Teeth – use to cut the food they
eat; used for chewing
 Rear cannon – rear part of leg
where cannon bone is found
 Hock - the joint between the
tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of
the foot, where the foot was
attached to the leg
 Udder - an organ formed of two or
four mammary glands on the
females of dairy animals
 Thigh - the proximal segment of
the vertebrate hind or lower limb
extending from hip to the knee

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 Hip - the two areas at the sides of
body between the tops of the legs
 Rump - is, posterior to the loins
and anterior to the tail
 Back – rear part where the spines
are.
 Tail - prolongation of the rear end
of an animal
 Withers - the ridge between the
shoulder blades of an animal
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders
8.  Horn - a permanent pointed
projection on the head of various
animals
 Ear – for hearing
 Eye – for seeing
 Nostril - the external opening of
the nose
 Muzzle - the projecting jaws and
nose of an animal
 Jaw - supports the soft parts of the
mouth and usually bears teeth on
its edge and of which the lower
part is movable
 Throat – passage through the neck
to the stomach and lungs
 Brisket - the breast or lower chest
of a quadruped animal
 Fore leg – front leg
 Knee – makes bending the leg
possible
 Front cannon – fore part of leg
where cannon bone is found
 Pastern - extending from fetlock to
the top of the hoof
 Hoof - hoof protects the animal
and helps it to walk and run
 Dewclaw - a functionless digit on
the foot of some animals
 Flank – the side section of the
animal body
 Stifle – (stifle joint) is a complex
joint in the hind limbs of
quadruped
 Teeth – use to cut the food they
eat; used for chewing
 Rear cannon – rear part of leg

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where cannon bone is found
 Hock - the joint between the
tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of
the foot, where the foot was
attached to the leg
 Udder - an organ formed of two or
four mammary glands on the
females of dairy animals
 Thigh - the proximal segment of
the vertebrate hind or lower limb
extending from hip to the knee
 Hip - the two areas at the sides of
body between the tops of the legs
 Rump - is, posterior to the loins
and anterior to the tail
 Back – rear part where the spines
are.
 Tail - prolongation of the rear end
of an animal
 Withers - the ridge between the
shoulder blades of an animal
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders

9.  Throat - passage through the neck

to the stomach and lungs
 Tail - prolongation of the rear
end of an animal
 Tail Setting/base - Hook/Hip
bone - he large flaring bone that
constitutes a lateral half of the
pelvis in mammals
 Loin – the part lying between
the upper part of the hipbone
and the last of the false ribs on
either side of the backbone
 Back - rear part where the
spines are.
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders

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10.  Horn - a permanent pointed
projection on the head of various
animals
 Forehead - the part of the face
above the eyes
 Face - the front of an animal's head
that features three of the head's
sense organs
 Nostril - the external opening of
the nose
 Muzzle - the projecting jaws and
nose of an animal
 Jaw - supports the soft parts of the
mouth and usually bears teeth on
its
 edge and of which the lower part is
movable
 Throat - passage through the neck
to the stomach and lungs
 Shoulder - part of an animal's
body where a front leg is
connected.
 Brisket - the breast or lower
chest of a quadruped animal
 Fore flank – the front side part
of the body
 Dewclaw - a functionless digit
on the foot of some animals
 Pastern - extending from fetlock to
the top of the hoof
 Fore udder – (Front part) an
organ formed of two or four
mammary glands on the females
of dairy animals
 Teat - the projection from the
mammary glands from which
milk flows or is ejected for the
purpose of feeding young
 Rear udder – (hind part) an
organ formed of two or four
mammary glands on the females
of dairy animals
 Rear flank – hind side part of
the body
 Tail - prolongation of the rear
end of an animal
 Pin bone - the posterior ends of
the pelvic bones that appear as

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two raised areas on either side
of the tail head
 Tail Setting/base - Hook/Hip
bone - he large flaring bone that
constitutes a lateral half of the
pelvis in mammals
 Loin – the part lying between
the upper part of the hipbone
and the last of the false ribs on
either side of the backbone
 Back - rear part where the
spines are.
 Withers - the ridge between the
shoulder blades of an animal
 Neck - the part of the body that
joins the head to the shoulders
 Hearth girth - the measurement
around the midsection of an
animal
 Thurl – hip joint of cattle
 Crops – lying immediately
below withers

Guide Questions

1. Which part/s are chicken and ducks different from each other?

1. Why is it important to know and be familiar with the parts and functions of the
external parts of the farm animals?
It is important to know and be familiar with the parts and functions of the
external parts of the farm animals in order to know where internal parts are located,
you have to be knowledgeable about the external anatomy as well. Internal anatomy is
always related with externals, thus, giving us a hint about what organs could be found
beneath an external feature of an organism by just simply looking at it. Another thing
is to know what you are going to do when there is an animal emergency also in
vaccination to know where are you going to inject the said vaccine.

2. Enumerate the parts where the following animals are vaccinated:

a. Chicken
 Neck
 Thigh
b. Swine
 Thigh

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 Mouth
c. Cattle
 Thigh
 Neck
 Mouth

References

Please cite your literature and references used in this activity.

http://www.silversageffa.com/uploads/2/1/3/3/21332862/anatomy_eunit.pdf
https://brainly.ph/question/1321185
https://classroom.google.com/u/3/c/Mjc3NzAxNzYzMDc4

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