EQ910SA Equine Anatomy: Structure and Systems Function: A Course for Equine Body Worker ® Certification Graduates, Equine Health Care Professionals

Course Instructor
Deb Bennett, PhD

Everyone is welcome to join us for this course. Everybody helps out each other and the conversation that accompanies this course is easy to follow!

Ask any student from the year’s first course and they will drop their jaw and say “Wow!” Our previous course description did not do this course justice. It was amazing and so insightful whether you were a trainer, massage therapist, physical therapist or a student of anatomy. Dr. Deb Bennett went above and beyond everyone’s expectations! The specimen used for the course was a great teacher and every question asked was thoroughly answered and explained in a manner that allowed students to visualize the concepts. Check out the past participants' comments below.

Instructor Dr. Deb Bennett, Ph.D., leads you through this dissection course taught at her facility, Equine Studies Institute in Livingston, CA. The adventure will include all the muscles discussed in the other Equinology® courses and also venture to much more depth. Dr. Bennett will teach you how the whole area of the body works, every muscle and how they relate to each other and how they balance each other. Going beyond that, she will address how that body zone is related to the other body zones which are the main mediators of good performance in the ridden horse. All students, whether they are equine massage therapists, dentists, trainers, chiropractors, veterinarians and energy-type workers will benefit from this tour of the horse. Relating to performance, the big paradigms: straightness and the ring of muscles/collection are discussed. In addition, Dr. Deb’s biggest paradigm, the “Birdie Theory," relating to the horse’s mind, spirit and emotions which ultimately run his muscles, is visited during this course. You can visit Dr. Deb's site for more information on this course and other great classes she offers by clicking here.

Course Outline:

• Full External Body Dissection
• Cells and Tissues Lectures
• Basics about cells
• Germinal Layers of the embryo
• Four classes of tissue: Origin, structure and “special powers”
• The connective tissue “spectrum”
• Growth and Development Lectures
• Structure and nature of collagen
• Generative and destructive cells
• Endochondral vs. membrane bone
• “Growth plates”
• Haversian system and life of bones cells
• Periosteum and Sharpe’s fiber
• Understanding joints
• Structure of joints
• Joints and growth in mammals vs. reptiles
• Schedule of growth plate closure in horses
• Epidermal Products: Horn, Hair, Hide and Teeth
• Embryological tissue layers
• “Pododerm” and relationship between dermis and epidermis
• Mechanism of hoof growth
• Structure and development of teeth
• The True Nature of the Tendon
• The True Nature of the Sesamoid Bones
• Evolutionary considerations
• Biomechanics
• Special Systems
• Method for classifications of muscles
• Slings
• Reciprocating systems
• Ring of muscles
• Conformation and techniques of physical assessment
• Palpation
• Exploring the origin and insertion locations of the superficial muscles
• Exploring the origin and insertion locations of the deep muscles
• Exploring tendons and ligaments
• Skeleton structure
• Bone identification
• Bony land mark orientation

Tuition:
Includes course handouts and supplies
This discount is only open to those having taken this course previously with Equinology or one of the Equinology sister companies. No Exceptions.

Prerequisite:
Some knowledge of veterinary vocabulary and anatomy is helpful but not required.

Required Reading:
If you are new to this type of program or have not had any equine anatomy courses you may find the Equinology study guide used with the Equine Body Worker® Certification Course helpful. You may request one once you are enrolled. You will also find it quite helpful to have read through Dr. Deb’s Principles of Conformation Analysis Volumes I, II, and III which are available through her website: www.equinestudies.org

Strongly Suggested Reading:
Any good anatomy book
Principles of Conformation Analysis by Dr. Deb Bennett, Ph.D.

An anatomy course is required for the Equine Body Worker® Level II certification. A second anatomy course is required for the Master Equine Body Worker® certification. You may take EQ200, EQ900 or EQ910 to fulfill the requirements.

For the certification outline, please click here:
http://www.equinology.com/info/certification.asp