Anatomy Exam 1 clinical significance

Question 1

Conditions Affecting the forelimb

Answer 1

Fractures
Osteosarcoma (tumors)
Panosteitis
Hypertrophic osteodystrophy
Degenerative Joint disease

Question 2

Osteosarcoma

Answer 2

Most common malignant tumor in dogs
all ages & all breeds are affected (large breeds)
Starts deep within the bone & grow outward (bone destroyed)
lameness
Pathologic fractures

Question 3

Panosteitis

Answer 3

Idiopathic inflammatory disease primarily affecting young dogs of large breeds
Characterized by inflammation , endosteal & periosteal new bone formation, especially those of the legs.
Lameness of one or more legs is often apparent
Considered a self-limiting disease

Question 4

Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy

Answer 4

Bone disease affects young, rapidly growing large breeds
Names (Skeletal Scurvy, Moller-Barlow’s disease, Osteodystrophy II)
The disease produces severe lameness and pain and usually affects multiple limbs

Question 5

DJD (Degenerative Joint Diseases)

Answer 5

Faulty Development of joints

Question 6

Conditions affecting the Shoulder

Answer 6

• Fractured shoulder (unusual)
• Osteosarcoma

Question 7

Conditions Affecting Humerus

Answer 7

1/ Fracture:
- Condylar
- Diaphysis
On the distal third
radial nerve damage/Median & musculocutaneous N (Approach)

if broken or fractured, could potentially damage the radial nerve

2/ Osteosarcoma

Question 8

Shoulder Arthrocentesis