Anatomy Terms Flashcards
What is the term that describes how teeth are arranged in the mouth?
Dental Arcade
What surface of the tooth faces the tongue on the mandible?
Lingual Surface
What is the upper jaw called?
Maximilla
What is the lower jaw called?
Mandible
What surface of the tooth faces the cheek?
Buccal Surface
What is the term used for the teeth that touch
when you chew?
Occlusal Surface
What surface of the tooth faces the lips?
Labial Surface
What is the term used for when a tooth touches a tooth?
Contact Surface
What is a body cavity?
A hole or hollow space within the body that contains and protects internal organs
What cavity contains the brain in the skull?
Cranial Cavity
What cavity contains the spinal cord in the spinal column?
Spinal Cavity
What cavity contains the heart and lungs within
the ribs and between the neck and diaphragm?
Thoracic/Chest Cavity
What cavity contains reproductive organs and some excretory organs formed by the pelvic bones?
Pelvic Cavity
What cavity contains the major organs of digestion between the diaphragm and the pelvic cavity?
Peritoneal/Abdominal Cavity
What are the 4 tissue types?
Nervous, Muscle, Connective, and Epithelial
What is the tarsal joint called?
Hock
On a cow, what is the mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat on cranioventral part of ruminant chest between forelegs called?
Brisket
What is the top of the head or nuchal crest called?
Poll
What is the femorotibial joint called?
Stifle
What is the accessory claw called?
Dewclaw
What area is the hollow part of the flank called?
Paralumbar Fossa
What is the forelimb joint formed by distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna called?
Elbow
What is the lumbar area of back between thorax and pelvis called?
Loin
What is the carpus in ungulates called?
Knee
What consists of the two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip?
Muzzle
On a pig, what is the external throat especially when fat or loose skin is present called?
Jowl
On a pig, what is the upper lip and apex of the nose called?
Snout
On cats and dogs, what is the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head called?
Pinna
