Anatomy Flashcards
Part of the body between the loin and the withers?
Back
The wrist and the bones of the pattern joint?
Carpals
The chest of the dog?
Chest
The tiny useless 5th claw, located on the inner part of the leg above the other toes?
Dew claw
The fleshy, often triangular appendages on the head associated with hearing?
Ear
The hanging part of the dogs upper lip?
Flews
The front feet?
Forefoot
The back feet?
Hind foot
The joints at the top of the hind legs?
Hips
The bones that form the ankle/heel of the dog?
Hock
The part of the body located on both sides of the backbone between the ribs and the hips?
Loin
The front part of the jaws?
Muzzle
The tip of the muzzle?
Nose
The back of the head?
Occiput
The part of the leg below the knee of the front leg, or below the hock of the hind leg?
Pastern
The joint at the uppermost part of the forelegs?
Shoulder
The dogs knee, located on the hind leg above the ankle?
Stifle
The indented part of the skull between the eyes?
Stop
The hind-most part of the backbone, set on the rump?
Tail
The upper part of the hind leg?
Thigh
The top of the shoulders, just behind the neck?
Withers
The back, loin and croup?
Topline
The lower part of the loin, the fleshy part?
Flank
The area on the dogs body behind the rib cage and infront of the hind legs?
Tuck up
Muscled area from hip joint to rump?
Croup
The dogs rear end?
Rump
The area around the anus?
Perineal area
The area where the scapula and humerus meet?
Point of shoulder
The pads situated on the front paws?
Metacarpals
The pads situated on the back paws?
Metatarsals
What is the first vertebrae in the neck?
The atlas
What is the second vertebrae in the neck?
The axis
How many vertebrae does a dog have?
The spine has 30 vertebrae and dogs can also have up to 23 coccygeal vertebrae in their tails
How many ribs do dogs have?
12 fixed ribs and one floating
What is the scapula?
The scapula is the basis of the shoulder region, providing points of attachment for muscles
What is the humerus?
The long bone of the arm, articulating with the scapula to form the shoulder and the radius and ulna to form the elbow
What is the radius?
The long bone in the lower foreleg
What is the ulna?
Long bone in the lower forelegs behind the radius
What bones make up the foot?
First the carpal bones, then the five metacarpal bones, the first of which being the dew claw and the rest forming the toes or phalanges
What is the pelvis?
This encircles the pelvic cavity, it protects the reproductive and urinary organs and is essential in locomotion and posture
What is the illium?
The top of the pelvis
What is the ischium?
The bottom of the pelvis
What is the femur?
The long bone at the top of the leg
What is the tibula?
The long stronger bone in the bottom half of the leg
What is the fibula?
The long weaker bone in the bottom half of the leg
What is the hock?
The dogs ankle joint
What is the patella?
The dogs knee joint
