Anatomy Lecture 1 Flashcards
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What are the bones of the Thoracic Limb?
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- Scapula
- Humerus
- Radius
- Ulna
- Intermediate Carpus
- Ulnar Carpal
- Accessory Carpal
- Carpal Bones I, II, III, and IV
- Metacarpal Bones I, II, III, IV, and V
- Phalanges (proximal, middle and distal)
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What are the extrinsic muscles of the Thoracic limb? (8)
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- Superficial Pectoral
- Deep Pectoral
- Brachiocephalicus (Cleidobrachialis and Cleidocephalicus)
- Omotransversarius
- Trapezius
- Rhomboideus
- Latissimus Dorsi
- Serratus Ventralis
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What is included in the Axial Skeleton?
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bones of the axis of the body: skull, thorax, vertebral column
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What is included in the Appendicular Skeleton?
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bones of the appendages (limbs)
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What are the shapes of bones? (5)
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- Long
- Short
- Flat
- Irregular
- Sesamoid
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What makes a bone a long bone? (what are the required characteristics?)
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The length of the bone must be greater than its diameter
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What is the Diaphysis?
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the long, straight main body of a long bone.
- location of primary ossification
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What is the Epiphysis?
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End regions of long bones
- Location of secondary ossification
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What is the Metaphysis?
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region of bone lying between the epiphysis and diaphysis
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Where is the Metaphyseal growth plate and what is it made of?
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located between the epiphysis and diaphysis in young animals. Comprised of cartilage cells
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What is a short bone?
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a bone that has approximately equal dimensions (cube-shaped)
- Only one center of ossification and no growth plates
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What is a flat bone?
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bones that are centrally compressed which are present either when extensive protection or large muscle attachment is necessary.
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What is an irregular bone?
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bones that cannot be classified under any of the other categories.
- formed by both endochondral ossification (body of bone) and intramembranous ossification (bony processes)
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What is a sesamoid bone?
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a small, seed-like bone that is embedded in muscle tendons
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What do sesamoid bones do?
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- eliminated tendon shear
- redirects lines of force
- increases torque
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What is the Periosteum?
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lines the outer surface of the bone.
- source of osteoblast progenitor cells (healing fractures)
- rich in nerves -> very sensitive
- blood supply
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What is the Endosteum?
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Lines the inner surface of bone.
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What is the Medullary Cavity?
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Where bone marrow is stored.
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How are most bones formed?
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Endochondrial ossification which is the ossification of a cartilage model
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What is Intramembranous Ossification?
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when mesenchymal cells become osteoblasts directly rather than becoming chondroblasts
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What bones form by intramembranous ossification?
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Flat bones including bones of the calvaria (top of skull) and face.
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What is Chondrodystrophy?
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Cartilage Maldevelopment. A genetic condition that affects secondary centers of ossification, resulting in arrested growth of long bones.
DISPROPORTIONATE DWARVES!
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Where do nutritional vessels enter the bone?
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through the Diaphysis and epiphysis with the majority of long bones having a single nutrient foramen entering mid-diaphysis.
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How does the cortical bone get supplied with blood?
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Vessels in the periosteum supply it
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What is Wolff's Law?
Normal bone remodels in response to stress placed upon it.
| - If load in a particular area increases, the bone will remodel to become stronger to resist those forces.
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What are the three types of muscle?
- Smooth (Involuntary)
- Cardiac (Involuntary)
- Skeletal (Voluntary)
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What is the Epimysium?
the outermost connective tissue envelope surrounding the muscle belly
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What is the Perimysium?
extends from the epimysium into the muscle and divides the muscle into smaller units
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What are muscle fascicles?
the smaller units of muscle that has been divided up by the perimysium
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What is the Endomysium?
extends from the perimysium to envelop individual muscle fibers (Cells)
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Epimysium, Perimysium and Endomysium are all types of what?
Connective Tissue
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What is the constituent material of muscle tendons that are attached to the bone?
the same connective tissue seen in the Epimysium, Perimysium and Endomysium.
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What is the Tendon of origin?
usually the more proximal and/or fixed point of muscle attachment
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What is an Aponeurosis?
A sheet-like tendon that allows muscles to have a broader attachment
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What are structures that ease the effect of excessive pressure or friction associated with tendons?
- Sesamoid Bones
- Synovial Subtendinous Bursa
- Synovial Sheath
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What is a Synovial Subtendinous Bursa?
A synovial fluid-filled bag positioned between a tendon and a bony process
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What is a Synovial Sheath?
A synovial fluid-filled bag that wraps around a tendon
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What do Tendons attach?
attach muscle to bone
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What do Ligaments attach?
attach bone to bone
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What is the tendon of insertion?
the more distal, peripheral or movable point of muscle attachment
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How are fibers in a strap-like muscle arranged? Why?
The fibers run parallel to the long axis
| - greater displacement
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How are fibers in a spindle shaped muscle arranged?
the fibers are fusiform
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What are three types of fiber arrangements that join the tendons at an angle?
- pennate
- bipennate
- multipennate
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Why do more muscle fibers mean that the muscle is more powerful?
it has a greater cross sectional area
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How do fibers end?
they form flat layers ending in broad tendinous sheets (Aponeuroses)
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What are some muscle arrangements?
- Muscles arise by two, three or four heads that merge into one tendon of insertion
- Two or more fleshy units are separated by an intermediate tendon forming digastric (two bellies) or polygastric units
- Muscle fibers are arranged into rings that surround natural openings such as the eye, mouth, or anus.
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What do Fascia/ Fascial planes do?
they allow the muscles to function as units.
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What is superficial fascia?
loose connective tissue
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What is deep fascia?
dense collagenous connective tissue from which some muscles may originate or insert; attached to bone.
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What does deep fascia do?
surrounds and compartmentalized muscles; distinct fascial septa separate groups of muscles from one another and result in fascial planes
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What are two types of contraction?
- Isometric
| - Normal
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What is Isometric contraction?
contraction/tension with no change in length
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What is Normal contraction?
isotonic; involves changes in the angle of the joint(s)/bones by that specific muscle
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What is an Agonist or Prime Mover?
any muscle that produces the specified effort
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What is an Antagonist?
any muscle capable of actively opposing the specified movement of the agonist
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What is a Synergist?
a muscle that acts in unison with another muscle
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What is a Fixator?
muscles that are used to stabilize a joint rather than promote its movement
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What is the origin of the Biceps Brachii Muscle?
the supraglenoid tuberosity of the scapula
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What is the insertion of the Biceps Brachii Muscle?
The tuberosities of the radius and ulna
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What is the function of the Biceps Brachii Muscle?
To flex the elbow joint and extend the shoulder joint
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What is a joint?
The point of contact, or articulation, between two or more bones/cartilages
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What do joints do? (Function)
Provide support and movement to the skeleton
| - Not all joints are movable however
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What is the the functional classification of joints?
Physiological classification based on the amount of movement permitted
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What is the structural classification of joints?
Anatomical classification based on structure which is based on the type of connective tissue present between the bones
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What are the three types of functional joints?
- Synarthroses
- Amphiarthroses
- Diarthroses
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What are Synarthroses Joints?
Immovable joints
| - Includes: synostosis
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What are Amphiarthroses Joints?
Semimoveable joints
| -Includes: suture, syndesmosis, synchondrosis
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What are Diarthroses Joints?
Freely moveable joints
| - Includes: synovial joints
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What are the three types of Structural joints?
- Fibrous
- Cartilaginous
- Synovial
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What are Fibrous joints?
Strong fibrous connective tissue (dense irregular) between articulating bones = little to no movement
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What is a Synostosis?
A type of Fibrous joint in which the bones fuse resulting in a bony joint.
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What is a Cartilaginous joint?
Cartilage, either hyaline or fibrocartilage, between articulating bones = limited movement
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What is a Synovial joint?
Joint cavity between articulating bones lined with synovial membrane = free movement
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What are the types of fibrous joints?
- Suture
- Gomphosis
- Syndesmosis
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What is a Suture?
the seams (interdigitations) of the bones of the skull that are gradually eliminated via ossification (results in synostosis)
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What is a Gomphosis?
Tooth in an alveolus, united by peridontal ligament.
| - not technically a joint by classic definition because teeth are technically not considered bones
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What is a Syndesmosis?
Bones joined by ligaments (eg: radius and ulna, tibia and fibula)
- Interosseous ligaments
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What is the connecting medium of Fibrous Joints?
dense irregular connective tissue
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What are the types of Cartilaginous Joints?
- Synchondrosis
| - Symphysis
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What is a Symphysis?
Occurs in the midline of the body where articulating bones are connected via a flat disc of fibrocartilage
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What is a Synchondrosis?
Hyaline cartilage union
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What is the connecting medium of cartilaginous joints
Hyaline or fibrocartilage
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What are Synovial Joints?
freely movable joints (diarthrotic) in which the articulating bone surfaces are enclosed within a fluid-filled cavity.
- Joint capsule is multilayered and may have multiple compartments
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What are diarthrotic joints?
freely movable joints
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What are the bony articulating surfaces of Synovial joints covered with?
by an articular (hyaline) cartilage
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What is the structure of a Synovial Joint?
it consists of an outer fibrous layer and an inner synovial membrane. The fibrous layer may blend with the periosteum and is thickened in some joints to form ligaments
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What is the sturcture of the inner synovial membrane?
it is highly vascularized, has nerves, and the synoviocytes (cells) produce synovial fluid for lubrication and nutrition of the bone surfaces
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What are the accessory structures of the synovial joint?
- Meniscus/Menisci
- Ligaments
- Fat pads
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What are the Menisci of the synovial joints?
- fibrocartilage located within the synovial cavity
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Where are the ligaments of the synovial joints?
Extracapsular ligaments located outside of the joint capsule and Intracapsular ligaments that occur within the joint capsule but are excluded from the synovial cavity by folds of the synovial membrane
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Where are the fat pads of the synovial joints?
between fibrous and synovial layers, may protrude into the joint cavity
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What is a simple joint?
a joint formed by two bones
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What is a compound joint?
a joint formed by more than two bones
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What is a congruent joint?
a joint with two articular surfaces that fit each other
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What is an incongruent joint?
a joint with two articular surfaces that do not fit each other
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What is a hinge joint?
a joint that permits angular motion in one plane eg: humeroradioulnar (elbow), metacarpophalangeal (fetlock) joints
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What is a spheroidal joint?
A joint that permits rotation and other movements
- Ball and socket
eg: glenohumeral (shoulder), coxofemoral (hip) joints
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What is a Plane joint?
a joint that permits angular motion in one plane eg: carpal, tarsal joints, vertebrae
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What is a condylar joint?
a joint formed by two condyles of one bone fitting into concavities of another bone eg: femorotibial (stifle) joint
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What is a Pivot joint?
a joint that permits rotation around the longitudinal axis of a bone eg: atlantoaxial, radioulnar joints
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What is a Ellipsoidal joint?
A joint with an oval surface that nestles within a depression in the opposing surface eg: temporomandibular, antebrachiocarpal joints
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What is a Saddle joint
A joint with the articular surface of the two bones concave in one direction and convex in the other direction. eg: distal interphalangeal joint
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What is the gliding/translational motion of the synovial joint? What are some joints that do this?
two surfaces that slide past each other
| eg: carpus and tarsus
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What is Flexion?
decreasing angle between bones
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What is Extension?
increasing angle between bones
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What is Hyperextension?
increasing angle past anatomical position
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What is Abduction?
moving away from the medial plane
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What is Adduction?
Moving towards the medial plane
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What is Circumduction?
movement circumscribing a cone shape
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What is pronation of the forearm?
the palmar surface is rotated to touch the ground
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What is supination of the forearm?
the palmar surface is rotated to face medially (only in carnivores)
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What is the purpose of intra-articular injections?
- anesthetics for lameness evaluations
| - treatment for osteoarthritis (corticosteroids, glycosaminoglycans
