Glossary of Skeletal and Regional Terminology

Question 1

Axilla

Answer 1

Armpit

Question 2

Brachial

Answer 2

Arm Bone; humerus

Question 3

Bursa

Answer 3

A pad or capsule, can be cartilaginous of filled with synovial fluid

Question 4

Bursitis

Answer 4

Inflammation of the bursa

Question 5

Calcaneus

Answer 5

Heel bone, part of tarsus

Question 6

Capitis

Answer 6

Cap like or shaped muscles located near the head

Question 7

Cephalic

Answer 7

Pertaining to the head

Question 8

Carpus

Answer 8

Wrist, forms the junction of the forearm (radius and ulna) with the foot

Question 9

Cervical

Answer 9

Pertaining to the neck

Question 10

Costal, Costo

Answer 10

Ribs

Question 11

Coxa

Answer 11

Hip

Question 12

Croup

Answer 12

Dorsal part of the spine (sacral region)

Question 13

Crus

Answer 13

Refers to the leg

Question 14

Digit

Answer 14

First, second, and third phalanx

Question 15

Fascia

Answer 15

Elastic fibrous collagen casings of muscles

Question 16

Femur

Answer 16

Large long bone in hindlimb

Question 17

Fibula

Answer 17

Leg bone below femur

Question 18

Flank

Answer 18

Area between rib cage and pelvis

Question 19

Forearm

Answer 19

Radius and ulna; Antebrachium

Question 20

Hock

Answer 20

Ankle or tarsus

Question 21

Humerus

Answer 21

Proximal arm bone

Question 22

Hyoid

Answer 22

Greek for U- or V- shaped

Question 23

Ilium

Answer 23

Region of pelvic girdle that attaches the legs to the sacrum cranial to acetabulum (hip joint)

Question 24

Ischium

Answer 24

A region of the pelvic girdle

Question 25

Ligament

Answer 25

True ligaments are like fiber tape and are not elastic. Collateral ligaments are short, white, and act as hinges. Yellow ligaments are muscle remnants that used to have nucleated cells, but lost them. They tend to be like bungee cords. Yellow ligament is also found in sheet form and is bouncy like a trampoline. Ligaments are very strong non-contractile connective tissues that are responsible for stabilizing the joints.

Question 26

Loin

Answer 26

Dorsal region distal to the rib cage and in front of the pelvis

Question 27

Mandible

Answer 27

Lower portion of the jaw/skull

Question 28

Manubrium

Answer 28

Cartilaginous cranial element of sternum

Question 29

Maxilla

Answer 29

Upper jaw/skull

Question 30

Meniscus

Answer 30

Cups of cartilage

Question 31

Occipital

Answer 31

Cranium base of skull

Question 32

Olecranon

Answer 32

Point of elbow on the ulna

Question 33

Patella

Answer 33

Sesamoid shaped "knee cap" bone

Question 34

Pinna

Answer 34

Parts of the ear outside of the head

Question 35

Phalanx

Answer 35

Digits, segments in a row

Question 36

Pharynx

Answer 36

Throat

Question 37

Physis

Answer 37

Greek for growth

Question 38

Ramus

Answer 38

Round angle

Question 39

Shank

Answer 39

Lower leg in the tibia/fibia region above the ankle (tarsus)

Question 40

Stifle

Answer 40

Knee

Question 41

Sura

Answer 41

Calf

Question 42

Synovial fluid

Answer 42

Lubricating, hydraulic fluid secreted by articulations, bursa, and tendon sheaths

Question 43

Tarsus

Answer 43

Hock

Question 44

Tendon

Answer 44

Slightly contractile cord-like mass of white fibrous bundled connective tissue. They are the tails of cells found running through the muscle and form the insertion and origin. Tendons connect bone to bone via muscle.

Question 45

Thorax

Answer 45

Trunk region

Question 46

Vertebra

Answer 46

Joint from verto, to turn

Question 47

WIthers

Answer 47

Highest part of shoulders