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Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Is a horse’s stomach monogastric?

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(Yes)

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The fundus or saccus cecus in horses is related to the base of what other organ?

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(Spleen)

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What does the margo plicatus demarcate in the stomach?

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(Non-glandular from glandular)

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A unique feature of horses is that the deep leaf of the greater omentum attaches to which organ?

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(Transverse colon)

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What are the two ligaments that form the suspensory ligament of the spleen?

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(Phrenicosplenic and nephrosplenic ligaments)

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What is the significance of the nephrosplenic space? Be specific.

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(Site for left colon entrapment)

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Which of the lobes of the liver in equine is undivided?

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(Right)

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Do horses have a papillary process of their caudate liver lobe?

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(No)

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Is the liver located mostly to the right or left in horses?

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(Right)

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Why do horses not have a gallbladder?

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(Bc they are continuous grazers, bile is formed by the liver and directly secreted into the small intestines)

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Why is it difficult to obtain a liver biopsy in horses?

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(It is entirely within the thoracic cage and completely over-lapped by the lungs)

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The caudate lobe of the liver is connected to what organ, be specific, by the hepatorenal ligament?

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(Right kidney)

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In a horse, the repeated compression of the right lobe of the liver by what organ leads to pressure atrophy?

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(Right dorsal colon)

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Liver biopsies in equine patients are taken on the right side by drawing two lines originating at what structure and terminating at the olecranon and point of the shoulder?

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(Lines originate at the tuber coxae)

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What is the purpose of the perforation in the pancreas in horses?

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(Aka the portal ring, the portal vein runs through it)

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What is the term for the cavity located within the major duodenal papilla that the bile and pancreatic ducts open into?

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(Hepatopancreatic ampulla)

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What is the location (left vs right, ventral vs dorsal) of the jejunum in an equine patient?

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(Left dorsal)

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What organ does the ileum open into in horses?

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(Cecum)

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When the jejunum enters the omental bursa via the epiploic foramen, what type of epiploic entrapment is this?

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(Antegrade)

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When the jejunum pushes the greater omentum in front of it as it passes through the epiploic foramen, what type of epiploic entrapment is this?

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(Retrograde)

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The base of the cecum is partly in the right or left paralumbar fossa of a horse?

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(Right)

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What is the ventral band or taeniae of the cecum attached to?

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(Nothing)

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What is the dorsal band or taeniae of the cecum attached to?

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(The ileum via the ileocecal fold)

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What is the lateral/right band or taeniae of the cecum attached to?

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(The right ventral colon via the cecocolic fold)

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What are the three flexures of the equine ascending colon going from cecum to descending colon?

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(Sternal, pelvic, and diaphragmatic flexure)

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The equine transverse colon is tightly bound to the ventral or dorsal body wall by the transverse mesocolon?

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(Dorsal body wall)

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When you open the linea alba in a laparotomy of an equine patient, the structures you see should be smooth or sacculated?

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(Sacculated)

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28
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What are the five locations that are potential points of obstruction in equine small and large intestines?

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(Ileocecal orifice, cecocolic orifice, pelvic flexure, diaphragmatic flexure, and the junction between the ascending and transverse colon)

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29
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What are the three branches of the celiac artery in horses?

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(Left gastric, hepatic, and splenic arteries)

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30
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What does the colic branch of the ileocolic artery (a branch of the cranial mesenteric artery) supply in horses?

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(Ascending colon near the cecum → ventral ascending colon)

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What does the right colic artery of the ileocolic artery (a branch of the cranial mesenteric artery) supply?

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(Ascending colon away from the cecum → dorsal ascending colon)

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32
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What is the parasitic culprit involved in equine verminous arteritis?

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(Strongylus vulgaris)

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The middle colic artery supplies the transverse colon, what is it a branch of?

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(Ileocolic artery)

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Which of the equine kidneys is heart shaped?

35
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Where are the equine renal mucus glands, which are responsible for the cloudy, frothy appearance of equine urine, located in the kidney?

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(Renal pelvis and proximal ureters)

36
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What are the three non-glandular chambers of the ruminant stomach?

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(Rumen, reticulum, and omasum)

37
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What is the one glandular chamber of the ruminant stomach?

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(Abomasum)

38
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Which of the cow stomach chambers is most cranial?

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(Reticulum)

39
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Which of the adult cow stomach chambers does food enter first?

40
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What is the term for the space formed by the ruminal right longitudinal groove and the right accessory groove?

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(Ruminal island)

41
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What is the name for the sac that is the most cranial portion of the rumen and that is formed by the ruminoreticular groove and the cranial groove?

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(Ruminal atrium or cranial dorsal blind sac)

42
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What are the internal structures that correspond to the external ruminal grooves?

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(The ruminal pillars)

43
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What is the term for the opening between the dorsal and ventral ruminal sacs?

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(Intraruminal ostium)

44
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What is the function of the ruminal papillae?

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(To absorb volatile fatty acids and keep the rumen pH neutral)

45
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Are there ruminal papillae present on the roof or pillars of the rumen?

46
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What is the difference between the caudal blind sacs in large and small ruminants?

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(Large - equal size caudal sacs, small - dorsal sac is much smaller than ventral)

47
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What are the three openings of the reticulum?

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(Cardiac opening, ruminoreticular opening, and reticulo-omasal opening)

48
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Does milk ingested by calves ever reach the rumen normally?

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(No, goes directly to abomasum via the gastric groove)

49
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Where is the rumen accessed in a rumenotomy?

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(Left paralumbar fossa)

50
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Why is traumatic reticulopericarditis less likely to occur in small ruminants?

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(Selective grazers → they do not vacuum the ground as cattle do)

51
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Is the omasum covered by lesser or greater omentum?

52
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Is the omasum larger or smaller than the reticulum in small ruminants?

53
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Are there laminae or papillae in the omasum?

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(Both - papillated laminae)

54
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Are the primary laminae the longest or shortest laminae in the omasum?

55
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Are there laminae or papillae in the abomasum?

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(Laminae only)

56
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What is the purpose of the torus pyloricus?

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(To make up for the incomplete pylorus in ruminants)

57
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What is the term for the valve formed by the two folds at the omasoabomasal orifice?

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(Vela abomascia)

58
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Where does the superficial leaf of the greater omentum attach to the ruminant stomach?

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(The left longitudinal groove)

59
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Where does the deep leaf of the greater omentum attach to the ruminant stomach?

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(The right longitudinal groove)

60
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Which vagal trunk provides parasympathetic innervation to the rumen?

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(Dorsal vagal trunk)

61
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What are the three parts of the gastric groove?

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(Reticular, omasal, and abomasal)

62
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How are hemal nodes distinguished from lymph nodes?

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(By their dark brown color)

63
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(T/F) The left lobe of the liver is dorsal while the right lobe of the liver is ventral in ruminants.

64
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(T/F) The main pancreatic duct in cattle is the accessory pancreatic duct which opens into the major duodenal papilla.

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(F, minor papilla)

65
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(T/F) The pancreatic duct opens into the major duodenal papilla along with the bile duct in small ruminants.

66
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What are the three parts of the ascending colon in ruminants?

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(Proximal loop, spiral loop, and distal loop)

67
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The spiral loop is located on the left or the right of the mesojejunum in cattle?

68
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(T/F) Cattle do not have a renal pelvis nor a renal crest.

69
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What is the unique projection of the pig stomach?

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(Diverticulum ventriculi)

70
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Do pigs and camels have a torus pyloricus like cows?

71
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Does the liver contact the kidney in pigs?

72
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Do pigs have a papillary process?

73
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What is the clinical significance of the well-developed fibrous tissue of the porcine liver?

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(FNA is impossible)

74
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The porcine jejunum lies on the left or right of the midline, as it is displaced by the ascending colon to that side?

75
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In which flank, left or right, is the cecum located in pigs?

76
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How many taenia does the porcine cecum have?

77
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Of the centripetal and centrifugal gyri of the spiral ascending colon in pigs, which is sacculated due to having 2 teniae?

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(Centripetal)

78
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(T/F) Pigs have no proximal loop of their colon, no distal loop of their colon, and no sigmoid loop of their colon.

79
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(T/F) The kidneys in pigs are symmetrical in the body.

80
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(T/F) Bovine patients do not have a renal pelvis.

81
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What are the two sacs of the rumen in camelids?

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(Cranioventral and caudodorsal sacs)

82
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What is the outward equivalent of the intraluminal glandular regions of C1 in camels?

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(Saccular regions)

83
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Do camels have a gallbladder?

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