4c - Skeletal System; Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

appendicular components

Answer 1

pectoral girdle
pelvic girdle
pectoral limbs
pelvic limbs

Question 2

girdle means

Answer 2

goes around something

Question 3

pectoral

Answer 3

fore

Question 4

pelvic

Answer 4

hind

Question 5

pectoral limbs connection to body

Answer 5

not connected by bones only muscle

Question 6

synsarcosis is

Answer 6

where the pectoral limbs are only joined by muscles

Question 7

clavicle is

Answer 7

collar bone

Question 8

clavicle in dogs or cats

Answer 8

not in dogs
in cats but is floating in brachiocephalicus muscle

Question 9

scapular structure

Answer 9

large triangular flat bone

Question 10

scapular location

Answer 10

at junction of neck and ribs

Question 11

scapular spine

Answer 11

prominent that divides lateral surface in 2

Question 12

2 surfaces on scapular

Answer 12

supraspinous fossae
infraspinous fossae

Question 13

what is the acromion

Answer 13

bony projection at the end of scapula

Question 14

humerus is

Answer 14

long bone forming upper forelimb

Question 15

humerus proximal end - rounded head forms…

Answer 15

joint with scapula

Question 16

what is the greater tubercle

Answer 16

bony prominence that can be palpated lateral to the head

Question 17

radius and ulna positioned where to each other

Answer 17

side by side

Question 18

ulna length compared to radius

Answer 18

longer

Question 19

ulna distinguishing feature

Answer 19

u shaped notch

Question 20

what is the olecronon on the ulna

Answer 20

a bony prominence at the proximal end of ulna which forms point of elbow

Question 21

anconeal process sits…

Answer 21

in hollow of humerus

Question 22

radius is

Answer 22

a rod like bone

Question 23

carpus bones number

Answer 23

7

Question 24

carpus bone types

Answer 24

short carpal bones

Question 25

carpus rows

Answer 25

2 rows

Question 26

metacarpus bones number

Answer 26

5

Question 27

metacarpus bones configuration

Answer 27

MCI-V

Question 28

metacarpus most medial is

Answer 28

MCI - dew claw

Question 29

Phalanges number

Answer 29

5

Question 30

phalanges digit I bone number

Answer 30

2 phalangeal bones

Question 31

phalanges digit I is

Answer 31

dew claw

Question 32

phalanges digits II-V bone number

Answer 32

3 phalangeal bones (P1, P2, P3)

Question 33

what is the distal phalanx (P3)

Answer 33

ungual process forming part of claw

Question 34

pelvic girdle bones

Answer 34

2 pelvic bones (left and right)

Question 35

where do pelvic bones join

Answer 35

pelvic symphysis

Question 36

what do each pelvic bone consist of

Answer 36

3 fused bones

Question 37

name the 3 fused bones in pelvis

Answer 37

ilium ischium pubis

Question 38

ilium size and location

Answer 38

largest, expands cranially to illiac wing

Question 39

ischium location and feature

Answer 39

caudal ischial tuberosity (lower part of pelvis referred to as sit bones)

Question 40

acetabulum is

Answer 40

socket where ilium, ischium and pubis meet

Question 41

acetabulum forms

Answer 41

hip joint with femur head

Question 42

obturator foramen

Answer 42

either side of pubic symphisis is a hole where nerves and blood vessels run through

Question 43

femur is

Answer 43

the hindlimb bone

Question 44

femur head forms

Answer 44

joint with pelvis

Question 45

greater trochanter is

Answer 45

projection lateral to head of femur

Question 46

what is found distally on the femur

Answer 46

patella

Question 47

patella is

Answer 47

kneecap

Question 48

patella bone is

Answer 48

sesamoid

Question 49

patella found in

Answer 49

tendon of quadriceps femoris muscle

Question 50

tibia and fibula are

Answer 50

hindleg lower bones

Question 51

tibia size

Answer 51

thick

Question 52

fibula size

Answer 52

fine

Question 53

tibia bone type

Answer 53

long bone

Question 54

what is the tibial crest

Answer 54

where the patella ligament inserts

Question 55

fibula bone type

Answer 55

thin long bone

Question 56

fibula and tibia positioning to each other

Answer 56

side by side

Question 57

tarsus is also known as

Answer 57

hock

Question 58

tarsus bone number

Answer 58

7

Question 59

tarsus rows

Answer 59

3

Question 60

what is the tuber calcis

Answer 60

point of hock

Question 61

metatarsus number of bones

Answer 61

4 (MTII - MTV)

Question 62

metarsus some breeds....

Answer 62

have 5 - dew claw MTI

Question 63

MTI doesnt...

Answer 63

extend to a digit

Question 64

Digits number

Answer 64

4 II-V

Question 65

digits number of bones per digit

Answer 65

3 phalangeal bones (P1, P2, P3)

Question 66

what is the distal phalanx (P3)

Answer 66

ungual process which forms part of claw

Question 67

splanchnic bone develops where

Answer 67

soft tissue

Question 68

splanchnic bone is

Answer 68

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