Anatomy revision

Question 1

What structure is this? What do the numbers stand for?

Answer 1

Scapula

1. Cranial angle
2. Spine
3. Supraspinous fossa
4. Infraspinous fossa
5. Neck
6. Supraglenoid tubercle
7. Infraglenoid tubercle
8. Caudal angle
9. Coracoid process
10. Glenoid cavity

Question 2

What bone is this? What structures are reprensented by the numbers?

Answer 2

Humerus

1. Greater tubercle
2. Head
3. Lesser tubercle
4. Teres (major) tuberosity
5. Deltoid tuberosity
6. Lateral supracondylar crest
7. Olecranon fossa (with supratrochlear
8. foramen in the dog)
9. Medial epicondyle

Question 3

What structures are highlighted by the numbers?

Answer 3

1. Olecranon
2. Anconeal process
3. Trochlear notch
4. Lateral coronoid process (4’. Medial
5. coronoid process)
6. Distal articular facet for radius
7. Lateral styloid process (with facet for
8. the ulnar carpal bone)
9. Articular facet for the ulna
10. Medial styloid process
11. Articular circumference

Question 4

What bones are highlighted by the labels?

Answer 4

1. Accessory carpal
2. Ulnar carpal
3. Radial carpal (intermedioradial in the dog)
4. First of the distal row of carpal bones
5. Fourth of the distal row of carpal bones
6. Sesamoid bone
7. Proximal sesamoid bones
8. Dorsal sesamoid bone
9. Axis of manus

Question 5

What structures are highlighted by the numbers?

Answer 5

1. Digital pads
2. Metacarpal (hindlimb = metatarsal) pads
3. Carpal pad

Question 6

What is highlighted on this shoulder lateral xray?

Answer 6

1. Scapular spine
2. Supraglenoid tubercle
3. Greater tubercle of the humerus
4. Head of the humerus

Question 7

What bone is this? What structures are highlighted by the numbers?

Answer 7

Pelvis

1. Wing of ilium
2. Coxal tuberosity
3. Sacral tuberosity
4. Greater sciatic notch
5. Ischial spine
6. Pubis
7. Obturator foramen
8. Ischium
9. Ischial tuber
10. Ilial shaft

Question 8

What structures are highlighted on the femur?

Answer 8

1. Head (1’. Fovea)
2. Neck
3. Greater trochanter
4. Lesser trochanter
5. Trochanteric fossa
6. Trochlea
7. Supracondylar tuberosities
8. Lateral condyle (8’. Medial condyle)
9. Intercondylar fossa
10. Patella
11. Sesamoid bones (in gastrocnemius)
12. Extensor fossa
13. Fossa for popliteus

Question 9

What are the bones of the distal hind limb?

Answer 9

1. Calcaneus (1’. Sustentaculum tali)
2. Talus
3. Central tarsal
4. Fourth tarsal
5. First, second, and third tarsal bones in the distal row
6. Proximal sesamoid bones
7. Dorsal sesamoid bones

Question 10

What is highlighted on this lateral view of the stifle?

Answer 10

• Femur (1’. Extensor fossa)
• Patella
• Sesamoid bones in the gastrocnemius (3’. Popliteal
• sesamoid bone
• Tibia (4’. Tibial tuberosity)
• Fibula

Question 11

What is highlighted on this lateral view of the hock?

Answer 11

• Tibia and fibula
• Calcaneus (2’. Sustentaculum tali)
• Talus (3’. Trochlea of talus)
• Superimposed fourth and central tarsal bones
• (4’. Palmer tubercle on the fourth tarsal bone)
• Distal row of the tarsal bones
• Metatarsal bones