1. Cattle

2. Terms Bovine Bull Steer Heifer Cow – Scientific name
– uncastrated male beef/dairy animal.
Steer
– castrated male beef/dairy animal.
Heifer
– female beef/dairy animal that has not had a calf. (Usually less than months of age)
Cow
– female beef/dairy animal that has had a calf.

3. Terms Calf Bull Calf Heifer Calf Stag Freemartin
– young beef/dairy animal either male or female.
Bull Calf
– Young male
Heifer Calf
– Young Female
Stag
- castrated male after puberty
Freemartin
- female twin born with a bull calf, approximately 99.9% of time, sterile

4. Terms butterfat milk production lactation mammary system
- percent of fat in the milk
milk production
- amount in pounds of milk that a cow produces during a lactation period
lactation
- span of time that a cow is giving milk
mammary system
- parts of the cow directly responsible for producing and storing milk

5. Terms Calving Ruminant Freshening Polled Forager
– The act of giving birth in cattle.
Freshening
- The act of giving birth in dairy animals.
Ruminant
– a mammal whose stomach has 4 parts (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum)
Polled
- No horn growth
Forager
- Animal that eats grass and pasture

6. Terms Marbling Cutability Dual purpose breed
– The appearance of intramuscular fat within the meat as lines through the meat layers
Cutability
- Quality and quantity of meat from a beef animal
Dual purpose breed
- A breed that serves more than one purpose, such as both a meat and dairy animals

7. PARTS

8. EAR

9. FACE

10. MUZZLE

11. THROAT

12. DEWLAP

13. POINT OF SHOULDER

14. BRISKET

15. FOREARM

16. KNEE

17. HOOF

18. SHEATH (STEERS) NAVEL (HEIFERS)

19. REAR FLANK

20. PASTERN

21. DEWCLAW

22. CANNON BONE

23. SWITCH

24. HOCK

25. STIFLE JOINT

26. PIN

27. TAIL HEAD

28. RUMP

29. LOIN

30. BACK

31. HEART GIRTH

32. CREST

33. POLL

34. NECK

35. RIB

36. HOOK

37. BELLY

38. QUATER