Appendicular Bones: Pelvic Limb

Answer 1

1. Pelvic girdle or hip bone
   a. Ilium
   b. Ischium
   c. Pubis
   *Acetabular bone
2. Thigh or round bone
   a. Femur
3. Crus
   a. Tibia
   b. fibula
4. Hindpaw, or pes
   a. Tarsal bones,
   b. metatarsals,
   c. phalanges of the digits

Question 2

The os coxae, or hip bone is composed of four distinct bones developmentally, these are the?

Answer 2

ilium
ischium
pubis
acetabular bone.

Question 3

ilium, ischium, pubis, and acetabular bone fuse during the _______ postnatal week.

Answer 3

12

Question 4

The socket that receives the head of the femur increation of the hip joint. This socket is a deep, cotyloid
cavity called the _________.

Answer 4

acetabulum

Question 5

largest and most cranial part of the os coxae. It consists of a wing and a body.

Answer 5

Ilium

Question 6

medial process of the wing next to the sacrum

Answer 6

tuber sacrale

Question 7

palpable prominence on the lateral wing. Also known as the hook bone.

Answer 7

Tuber coxae

Question 8

caudal-most part of the os coxae

Answer 8

Ischium

Question 9

thick, caudal part of the ischium providing attachment for caudal thigh muscle. Also known as the pin bone.

Answer 9

Ischiatic tuberosity

Question 10

smallest of the three pelvic bones, forms the cranial part of the floor of the pelvic cavity.

Answer 10

Pubis

Question 11

the concavity articulating with the femoral
head. Formed by the fusion of ilium, ischium, pubis and acetabular bone.

Answer 11

Acetabulum

Question 12

large opening at the floor of os coxae

Answer 12

Obturator foramen

Question 13

junction of the right and left os coxae

Answer 13

PELVIC SYMPHYSIS

Question 14

Lateral wall of the pelvic cavity is formed by the ________________ ligament in the dog

Answer 14

sacrotuberous

Question 15

Heaviest and the largest bone of the skelet

Answer 15

femur

Question 16

Other names for

1st tarsal
2nd tarsal
3rd tarsal
4th tarsal

Answer 16

medial cunieform
middle cunieform
lateral cunieform
Cuboid cunieform

Question 17

The calcaneus acts as a lever for the muscles extending the hock

Answer 17

calcaneus

Question 18

the larger bone that forms the mobile joint
with the tibia.

Answer 18

talus

Question 19

The proximal row of tarsal bones consists of two large bones. These are the ?

Answer 19

Talus calcaneus

Question 20

abnormal development of the hip joint in large dog

Answer 20

hip dysplasia

Question 21

FHO and THR stands for what?

Answer 21

Femoral Head Ostectomy
Total Hip Replacement

Question 22

depression at the head of the femur for the
attachment of the round ligament of the femur

Answer 22

Fovea capitis

Question 23

two large prominences articulating with tibia

Answer 23

Medial and Lateral Condyles

Question 24

the groove articulating with the patella , bounded by two ridges, the medial being thicker in all species.

Answer 24

Patellar surface or femoral trochlea