Anatomy Flashcards
What do you call a white rabbit with pink eyes?
Albino
What do you call the longer wool appearing at the front base of the ears and top of the head in some wool breeds?
Bangs
What do you call ears that have large, heavy tips with a distinctive fall or lop?
Bell Ears
What is the term used to describe the skeletal structure of a rabbit?
Bone
What is another name for wolf teeth?
Buck teeth
What do you call protruding or elongated incisors in either the upper or lower jaw, caused by malocclusion?
Buck teeth
What is a form of malocclusion where the incisors meet evenly, without the upper incisors overlapping the lower incisors in proper structure?
Butting teeth or Pegged teeth
Where are the cheeks located?
On the sides of the face, below the eyes
What do you call the strong basal ridge of cartilage at the top of the head, forming the ear base on some lop eared breeds?
Crown
What do you call an extra toe or functionless digit on the inside of the front legs?
Dewclaw
What do you call a pendulous fold of loose skin that hangs from the throat?
Dewlap
What do you call the area where the ears attach to the skull or head?
Ear base
What do you call the side of the rabbit between the rib and the hip, above the belly?
Flank
What is the portion of the skeleton on which the rabbit walks or stands?
Foot
What is the front part of the head between the eyes and the base of the ears, also known as the brow?
Forehead
What is the portion of the body starting with the neck, back to, and including the last rib?
Forequarter
What body part consists of the foot, hock, stifle and hip joint?
Hind leg
What is the rear portion or section of the body from the last rib composed of the loin, hips, hind legs and rump?
Hindquarters
What does the hindquarters consist of?
Loin, hips, hind legs and rump
What is the joint that attaches the hind leg to the trunk of the body?
Hip
What is the area of the foot carries the weight of the rabbit called?
Hock
What is the colored portion of the eye surrounding the pupil called?
Iris
What is the portion of the back on each side of the vertebrae from the last rib to the hip joint called?
Loin
What is the portion of the body from the 6th rib to the rear legs called?
Midsection
What is the lower part of the face and nose of the rabbit called?
Muzzle
What are the two openings of the nose leading to the internal structures of the head called?
Nostrils
What is the prominent portion of the abdomen called?
Paunch
What are the two small residual incisors just behind the normal top incisors called?
Peg Teeth
What do you call the hide of the animal after it is removed?
Pelt
What is a distended condition of the abdominal cavity, usually found in young rabbits?
Pot Belly
What are the curved portions of the sides, immediately behind and under the shoulders called?
Ribs
What do you call the upper, rounded portion of the hindquarters?
Rump
What is that portion of the body from the neck back through the 6th rib and the upper joint of the foreleg called?
Shoulder
What do you call the profile of the shoulders, back and hindquarters when viewed from the side?
Topline