| Back: |
region between withers and loin. |
| Brisket: |
the chest or rib cage between and just behind the front legs. |
| Carpals: |
the wrist, the bones of the pastern joint. |
| Croup: |
the rear portion of the back above the tail. |
| Ear: |
the auditory organ, consisting of three regions: inner ear, middle ear, and the most important pinna (or leather), which is supported by cartilage and which affects the expression of the dog. |
| Elbow: |
the posterior region of the articulation between the upper arm and forearm |
| Foreleg: |
the portion of the forelimb between the elbow and the pastern. |
| Forechest: |
front part of the chest. |
| Forefoot: |
the front feet. |
| Forehead: |
the anterior bones of the cranium. |
| Hindfoot: |
the back feet. |
| Hips: |
the joints at the uppermost part of the hindlegs. |
| Hock: |
the collection of bones of the hind leg forming the joint between the second thigh and the metatarsus; the dog's true heel. |
| Hock Joint: |
Joint formed by second thigh and back pastern, ankle of the dog. |
| Loin: |
region of the body on either side of vertebral column between the last ribs and hindquarters . |
| Muzzle: |
front part of the face from the eyes to the nose |
| Neck: |
the section of the body between the head and shoulder region. |
| Nose: |
organ of olfaction on the tip of the muzzle. |
| Pastern: |
part of foreleg between knee and foot, or between the hock joint and paw of the hind leg. |
| Shoulder: |
the top section of the fore leg, extending from the withers to the elbow, including the upper arm. The true shoulder region's bony component is the shoulder blade (scapula). |
| Stifle: |
the joint formed by the upper and lower thighs. The dog's knee. |
| Stop: |
the step up from muzzle to skull; where the nose stops and the forehead begins. |
| Tail: |
the hind-most part of the backbone, set on the rump. |
| Belly: |
upward curve of underline of body |
| Thigh Lower: |
area from stifle to hock, also called second thigh. |
| Thigh Upper: |
extends from the hip joint of the pelvis to the stifle joint. |
| Withers: |
top of shoulder blades at the junction of neck; the point from which height is measured. |
