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  2. Snaffle bit - Wikipedia

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    Snaffle bit A horse wearing a snaffle bit. A snaffle bit is the most common type of bit used while riding horses. It consists of a mouthpiece and two rings. The mouthpieces may be jointed. A snaffle gives direct pressure on the horse's mouth and has no leveraging shank. A bridle utilizing only a snaffle bit is often called a "snaffle bridle ...

  3. Bit mouthpiece - Wikipedia

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    Types of bits: usually snaffle, sometimes pelham What it is: A flat piece of rubber that slides on a mullen mouth, or a metal bit that already has a flat piece in the center of the mouthpiece. The flat piece is wide and goes backwards in the mouth. Uses: the purpose of this bit is to prevent a horse from getting his tongue over it. It can be ...

  4. Bit (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Bits that act with direct pressure on the tongue and lips are in the general category of snaffle bits. Snaffle bits most commonly have a single jointed mouthpiece and act with a nutcracker effect on the bars, tongue and occasionally roof of the mouth. However, any bit that operates only on direct pressure is a "snaffle" bit, regardless of ...

  5. Bit ring - Wikipedia

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    Eggbutt ring. Types of Bits: Found on snaffles, gag bits, and bradoons. Pelham bits also usually have an eggbutt design for the snaffle ring on the shank.. Action: the eggbutt has a slightly oval (egglike) shape, and consists of a round outer ring attached to a more upright, straighter cheek which is fixed to the mouthpiece.

  6. List of chemistry mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    A mnemonic is a memory aid used to improve long-term memory and make the process of consolidation easier. Many chemistry aspects, rules, names of compounds, sequences of elements, their reactivity, etc., can be easily and efficiently memorized with the help of mnemonics.

  7. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

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    Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...

  8. Curb bit - Wikipedia

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    A curb bit is a leverage bit, meaning that it multiplies the pressure applied by the rider. Unlike a snaffle bit, which applies direct rein pressure from the rider's hand to the horse's mouth, the curb can amplify rein pressure several times over, depending on the length of the curb's bit shank. Shank sizes vary from the Tom Thumb (2 inches ...

  9. Horse pain caused by the bit - Wikipedia

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    The snaffle bit rests on the corner of the mouth. [8] The palate or tongue bit acts on the palate, the upper wall of the mouth. [8] The bit ring is in contact with the corner of the mouth. Finally, the bit's barrel rests in all cases on an interdental space between the incisors and molars, made up of jawbones covered by a mucous membrane, the ...