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Anatomy Terms Flashcards

1
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What is the term that describes how teeth are arranged in the mouth?

A

Dental Arcade

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2
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What surface of the tooth faces the tongue on the mandible?

A

Lingual Surface

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3
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What is the upper jaw called?

A

Maximilla

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4
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What is the lower jaw called?

A

Mandible

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5
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What surface of the tooth faces the cheek?

A

Buccal Surface

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6
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What is the term used for the teeth that touch

when you chew?

A

Occlusal Surface

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7
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What surface of the tooth faces the lips?

A

Labial Surface

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8
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What is the term used for when a tooth touches a tooth?

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Contact Surface

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9
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What is a body cavity?

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A hole or hollow space within the body that contains and protects internal organs

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10
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What cavity contains the brain in the skull?

A

Cranial Cavity

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11
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What cavity contains the spinal cord in the spinal column?

A

Spinal Cavity

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12
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What cavity contains the heart and lungs within

the ribs and between the neck and diaphragm?

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Thoracic/Chest Cavity

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13
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What cavity contains reproductive organs and some excretory organs formed by the pelvic bones?

A

Pelvic Cavity

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14
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What cavity contains the major organs of digestion between the diaphragm and the pelvic cavity?

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Peritoneal/Abdominal Cavity

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15
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What are the 4 tissue types?

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Nervous, Muscle, Connective, and Epithelial

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16
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What is the tarsal joint called?

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Hock

17
Q

On a cow, what is the mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat on cranioventral part of ruminant chest between forelegs called?

A

Brisket

18
Q

What is the top of the head or nuchal crest called?

A

Poll

19
Q

What is the femorotibial joint called?

A

Stifle

20
Q

What is the accessory claw called?

A

Dewclaw

21
Q

What area is the hollow part of the flank called?

A

Paralumbar Fossa

22
Q

What is the forelimb joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna called?

A

Elbow

23
Q

What is the lumbar area of back between thorax and pelvis called?

A

Loin

24
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What is the carpus in ungulates called?

A

Knee

25
Q

What consists of the two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip?

A

Muzzle

26
Q

On a pig, what is the external throat especially when fat or loose skin is present called?

A

Jowl

27
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On a pig, what is the upper lip and apex of the nose called?

A

Snout

28
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On cats and dogs, what is the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head called?

A

Pinna

Veterinary Terminology (19 decks)

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