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80 Cards in this Set
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Another name for the vertebral column is the _______.
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Spinal cord/ backbone
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The two scapulae form what structure?
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Thoracic girdle
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Of what does the manus consist?
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Carpal, Metacarpal, digital (sesamoids and phalanges) bones
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The hindlimb is also called the _____ limb.
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Pelvic limb
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Is a gomphosis a true joint?
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No, because teeth are not part of the skeleton
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An epiphyseal plate is what type of structural joint? Functional joint (movement)?
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Cartilaginous; immovable
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What are two immovable joints and their structural classification?
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Growth plate (cartilage) &
suture (fibrous) |
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What are two slightly movable joints and their structural classification?
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Symphysis (cartilaginous),
Syndesmosis/ "ligamentous" (fibrous) |
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What cartilaginous joints tightly bind bones together and still allow some movement?
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Symphysis (cartilaginous-slightly movable)
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List examples of symphyses?
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Pelvic symphysis, mandibular symphysis, joints between sternebrae, intervertebral discs
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What type of joint occurs between the bodies of most vertebrae?
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Symphyseal- intervertebral disc
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A symphysis is what type of structural joint? What is the uniting medium?
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Cartilaginous; fibrocartilage
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List the 5 types of bone according to shape.
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Short, flat, irregular, sesamoid, & long
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How is movement of body parts accomplished?
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Interactions of bones, their joints and muscles.
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The space in the diaphysis of long bones contains_________ and is called the ______ _________.
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Marrow; Medullary cavity
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Give a few synonyms for the epiphyseal plate?
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Epiphyseal plate, growth plate, physis, metaphyseal plate
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Compact bone encloses spongy bone and the ______ spaces of the long bones.
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Marrow/ medullary
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How do intramembranous and endochondral osteogenesis of the mesenchymal precursor (primitive cells) of bone differ?
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Intramembranous: turned directly to bone.
Endochondral: turned to cartilage 1st then into bone. |
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Where does intramembranous ossification take place?
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Flat bones of the skull
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How does bone increase in diameter?
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Action of the osteoblasts beneath the periosteum.
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What is the diaphyseal side of the physis where cartilage metamorphases (change) into bone?
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Metaphysis
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What is a process due to muscle pull instead of an ossification center? Give an example?
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Apophysis; deltoid tuberosity
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Which type of physes contributes the most to lengthening of a long bone?
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Compression, not traction
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What is a smooth, flat, articular surface?
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Facet/ fovea
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A ______ is a sharp, slender process.
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spine
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Name a rounded, articular process found on the prox. humerus and femur.
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Head
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Name the large blunt process found only on the femur.
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Trochanter
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Name the process of the humerus similar to the trochanter of the femur.
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Tubercle
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Tarsal bones are classified as _______ bones and are ________-shaped.
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Short; cube
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List five processes.
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Condyle, epicondyle, trochanter, tubercle, tuberocity, line, crest, head, spine, etc
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What is a place of union between two or more bones of the skeleton?
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Articulation and joint
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What are two fibrous joints and what is the functional (movement) classification of each?
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Suture (immovable),
Syndesmosis ("ligament joint), (e.g. attachments between costal cartilage parts making up the costal arch and the interosseous ligament between the radius and ulna in carnivores (slightly movable). |
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What is the fibrous implantation of the teeth into the alveoli or the jaw bones?
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Gomphosis
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What structure connects the pelvic limb to the axial skeleton?
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Pelvic girdle
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Name 3 of the 4 embryonic bones that form the hip bone?
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Ilium, pubis, ischium (and acetabular bone)
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What are the primary functions of the fore and hindlimbs?
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Forelimb: support and walking
Hindlimb: support and forward |
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What type of stance do carnivores have?
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Digitigrade
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What is another name for the elbow joint?
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Cubital joint
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Where is the elbow joint?
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Between humerus ulna, and radius
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What joints are between a metacarpal bone and a proximal phalanx?
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Metacarpophalangeal (MP) Joints
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Of what does a typical intervertebral articulation (joint) consist?
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Symphyseal (intervertebral disc) joint + synovial (cranial & caudal articular processes) joints
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What connective tissue caps the spinous process of the back?
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Supraspinous ligament
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What lubricating, viscous fluid is produced by synovial membranes?
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Synovial fluid
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What is the function of the articular cartilage?
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Reduces concussion & friction effects
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What is the nerve and vascular supply in articular cartilage?
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Doesn't have any
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What supplies the the nutrients and removes waste from hyaline cartilage?
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Synovial fluid
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Where are bursae located?
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Between skin & bones, tendons & bones, muscles & bones, or ligaments & bones
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Where are synovial sheaths commonly found?
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Carpus, tarsus, digits
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Give an example of a compound joint.
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Stifle, elbow (> than 2 articular surfaces)
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Give examples of a plane joint.
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Carpal, small tarsal bones, cranial & caudal articulations between vertebrae.
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Give examples of a ball-and-socket joint
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Shoulder & hip joints
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What is a uniaxial joint allowing rotation around a longitudinal axis of a bone?
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Pivot joint
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Give an example of a pivot joint
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Atlanto-axial joint, proximal radioulnar joint
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What uniaxial joint is formed by 2 condyles of 1 bone fitting into concavities of another bone
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Condylar joint
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Give an example of a condylar joint?
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Femorotibial (stifle) temporomandibular, atlanto-occipital
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What type of action is permitted by a condylar joint
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Flexion & Extension & a little rotation
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Name three structures consisting of common integument.
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Sweat glands, skin, claws, hoof, horn, and hair
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Of what does the subcutaneous layer consist?
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Loose connective tissue
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What are the long filamentous appendages of skin?
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Hair
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What is the smooth muscle associated with hair?
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Arrector pili muscle
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What is the insertion of a muscle?
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Distal or usually more movable attachment
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What is the origin of the muscle?
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Proximal or usually least movable attachment
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Which attachment is the origin for the extrinsic limb muscles and the muscles of the rest of the body?
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Least movable
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What type of muscle's fibers encircle an opening?
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Sphincter
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Muscles having the same action on a joint will generally be innervated by the _____ nerve.
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same
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How do muscles work mechanically?
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by pulling, not pushing
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In anatomy how does the length of a name compare to the importance of a structure?
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Longer name= less important
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List the two synonyms for the superficial fascia.
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Subcutanious connective tissue, hypodermis, subcutis
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What are the extensions of the deep fascia compartmentalizing the muscles?
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Septa
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List two cutaneous muscles.
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Cutaneous trunci and supramammary muscles
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In which layer are the cutaneous muscle located?
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In the superficial fascia
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What is the innervation of the cutaneous trunci muscle?
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Lateral thoracic nerve
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What is the function of the cutaneous muscles?
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Twitch skin, shoo flies away
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With what is the word brachium easy to confuse?
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Brachy (meaning short)
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List 5 structures you should easily be able to palpate on the thoracic limb.
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Spine of scapula, acromion, point of shoulder, epicondyles, point of elbow
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List three things you can palpate on the thoracic limb.
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Tubercoxae, greater trochanter, ischiatic tuber, and point of hock
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What does the external perineum include in the female dog (bitch)?
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Anus and the vulva
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What is the ventral boundary of the perineum in the male dog (dog)?
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Top of the scrotum
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What are the boundaries of the perineum?
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Dorsal; base of tail; lateral: tuber ischii; ventrally past vulva or base or scrotum
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What word can be mistaken for the word perineum?
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Peritoneum, peroneal
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