Skeleton

Question 1

Water Requirements (Maintenance)
DOGS/CATS

Answer 1

50-60mls/kg/day

Question 2

Water Requirements (Maintenance)
RABBITS/SMALL MAMMALS

Answer 2

100mls/kg/day

Question 3

Water Requirements (Maintenance)
BIRDS

Answer 3

50mls/kg/day

Question 4

Reptiles

Answer 4

25ml/kg/day

Question 5

osteoblasts,

Answer 5

forms bone matrix

Question 6

Lacumae

Answer 6

A tubular gap in a bone

Question 7

osteocytes

Answer 7

Maintains bone tissue

Question 8

osteoclasts

Answer 8

reabsorbs bone

Question 9

Bone medulla

Answer 9

yellow
marrow in adults
* Red marrow in young

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

Thin membrane covering bone

Question 11

Epiphysis

Answer 11

End of long bone where bone growth takes place

Question 12

Diaphysis

Answer 12

Shaft of a long bone

Question 13

Diaphysis function

Answer 13

Transport oxygen.
Immune support
Mineral & fat storage

Question 14

Metaphysis

Answer 14

Contains growth plate of the epiphysis.

Question 15

Endochondral ossification?

Answer 15

Bone develops first as hyaline cartilage in the embryo, then
becomes ossified

Question 16

Intramembranous ossification

Answer 16

Osteoblasts lay down bone between two layers of fibrous connective tissue.
e.g. SKULL

Question 17

Calcium Homeostasis

Answer 17

the regulation of the calcium concentration in the extracellular fluid

Question 18

3 phases in remodelling of fractures in bone.

Answer 18

Inflammatory phase
Repair phase
Remodelling phase

Question 19

Pneumatic bones

Answer 19

bones filled with air
(birds & frontal sinus)

Question 20

Foramen

Answer 20

an opening, hole, or passage in a bone

Question 21

Fossa

Answer 21

Shallow depression or hollow

Question 22

Condyle

Answer 22

an articular prominence of a bone. especially : one resembling a pair of knuckles

Question 23

Epicondyle

Answer 23

a protuberance above or on the condyle of a long bone

Question 24

Trochlea

Answer 24

structure resembling a pulley

Question 25

Tuberosity

Answer 25

a rounded prominence on bone end

Question 26

Trochanter

Answer 26

bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the thigh bone.

Question 27

Tubercle

Answer 27

small rounded projection or protuberance

Question 28

What Are The Functions Of The Skull? (9 main functions)

Answer 28

Houses and protects brain special senses dentition Allows air and food entry Attaches to hyoid apparatus Attaches to masticatory and expression muscles Communication

Question 29

The bones that make up the skull

Answer 29

mandible zygomatic arch Lacrimal maxilla frontal Nasal temporal parietal occipital Splenoid Sagittal crest

Question 30

Nasal septum

Answer 30

divides the nasal chambers

Question 31

Turbinates/conchae

Answer 31

Scrolls of thin bone in nasal chambers

Question 32

Ethmoid bone

Answer 32

boundary of the nasal chamber

Question 33

Cribriform plate

Answer 33

Olfactory nerves pass from nasal mucosa to brain

Question 34

Condylar Processes

Answer 34

Temporomandibular joint Coronoid process Masseteric fossa

Question 35

Hyoid Apparatus

Answer 35

Small bones, which suspends tongue and larynx from base of skull

Question 36

Skull shapes

Answer 36

Brachiocephalic Doliocephalic Mesocephalic

Question 37

Vertebral formula of cat and dog

Answer 37

C7, T13, L7, S3, C20-23

Question 38

Transverse processes

Answer 38

Lateral bony protrudes on vertebrae

Question 39

Intervertebral Discs What tissue is it made of? Function?

Answer 39

Tough fibrocartilage connective tissue Shock absorber Connective tissue outer area

Question 40

Sacroiliac joint

Answer 40

Joint where ilium and sacrum join

Question 41

How many Ribs or Costae are there

Answer 41

Ribs 1-8 sternal ribs * Ribs 9-12 asternal or false ribs * Rib 13 floating rib

Question 42

How many sternebrae in the Sternum

Answer 42

8

Question 43

What are each end of the sternum called

Answer 43

Xiphoid (caudally) Manubrium (cranially)

Question 44

Clavicle Difference in dogs and cats

Answer 44

Collar bone Cartilagenous in DOGS Ossified in CATS

Question 45

Location of the Supraspinous fossa and Infraspinous fossa

Answer 45

scapula

Question 46

Scapula function

Answer 46

Articulates with humerus

Question 47

Bones of the Forelimb

Answer 47

Scapula Humorous Ulna & radias Carpus metacarpal

Question 48

How many bones in the carpus

Answer 48

7

Question 49

1st metacarpal is also known as....

Answer 49

Dew claw

Question 50

Bones of the hind limb

Answer 50

Pelvis Femur Patella Tibia and Fibula Tarsus Metatarsus Phalanges

Question 51

Hip is made up of what bones

Answer 51

Ilium Pubis Ischium

Question 52

Obturator foramen

Answer 52

Are the holes sitting between pubis and ischium

Question 53

How many bones make up the Tarsus

Answer 53

7