Appendicular skeleton

Question 1

Define syndactyly

This is know as what in cattle

Answer 1

Some or all fingers or toes united partly or wholly

Know as “mulefoot” in cattle

Question 2

Define polydactyly

Answer 2

Extra fingers or toes

Question 3

Dewclaw procedure is called

Answer 3

Onychectomy

Question 4

Procedure that cuts cats tendon in attempt to make it so claws can’t “dig in”

Answer 4

Tenectomy

Question 5

The front limbs are called the

The back?

Answer 5

Pectoral or thoracic limbs

Pelvic limbs

Question 6

The head of the humorous fits into the what of the scapula

Answer 6

Glenoid cavity

Question 7

The valley of the humorous is called

Answer 7

The olecrannon fossa

Question 8

The point of the elbow is called the, which is part of the

Answer 8

Olecrannon

Ulna

Question 9

The part of the ulna that fits into olecrannon fossa

Answer 9

The anconeal process

Question 10

Big bump next to head of humorous is

Answer 10

The greater tubricle

Question 11

Medical term for dislocated hip

Answer 11

Coxofemoral luxation

Question 12

A bone that hasn’t completely broken through is what kind of fracture

Answer 12

Greenstick

Question 13

A bone that broke clean through is what kind of fracture (no fragments)

Answer 13

Complete

Question 14

A bone that broke into fragments without puncturing the skin is what kind of fracture

Answer 14

Comminuted

Question 15

A bone that broke into fragments and punctured the skin is what find of fracture

Answer 15

Compound

Question 16

The two halves of the pelvis, which are fused in the first yr of life
The two haves are made up of how many bones

Answer 16

Os coxae

3 (each)

Question 17

Term for hip

Answer 17

Coxa

Question 18

The three bones in each half of the pelvis

Answer 18

Ilium, pubis, Ischium

Question 19

Where the 2 pelvis halves join

Answer 19

The pelvic or pubic symphysis

Question 20

Distal sesamoid bone in equine

Answer 20

Navicular

Question 21

The lateral most projection of the Illium is the

Answer 21

Hook bone (tuber coxae)

Question 22

The holes in the pubis are

Answer 22

The obturator foramen

Question 23

Caudal prominence on the ishium

Answer 23

Pin bone or tuber ischii

Question 24

Hip sockets are called

Answer 24

Acetabulum

Question 25

Pelvis is widest from top to bottom or side to side

Answer 25

Top bottom

Question 26

Greenstick fractures are common in

Answer 26

Young

Question 27

Head of the femur articulates with what? ( hip socket)

Answer 27

Acetabulum

Question 28

Groove in femur where knee bone rides

Answer 28

Trochlea (patellar groove)

Question 29

Knee cap bone (it’s a big sesamoid)

Answer 29

Patella

Question 30

Patella pops out of groove when trochlea isn’t deep enough, this is called

Answer 30

Patellar luxation

Question 31

Shin bone

Answer 31

Tibia

Question 32

Femur and tibia connect making what joint

Answer 32

Stifle joint (knee joint)

Question 33

Two tiny bones behind distal femur are called (useless stupid bones)

Answer 33

Fabellas

Question 34

Heel bone

Answer 34

Calcaneus or fibular tarsal bone

Question 35

What tendon attached to calcaneus bone

Answer 35

Achilles

Question 36

Spool shaped part of tarsus that articulates w tibia

Answer 36

Talus

Question 37

Foot bones are called

Answer 37

Metatarsals

Question 38

What movement? To bend a joint

Answer 38

Flexion

Question 39

What movement? To straighten a joint

Answer 39

Extension

Question 40

What movement? To move limb away from body

Answer 40

Abduct

Question 41

What movement? To move limb back towards body

Answer 41

Adduct

Question 42

What p1 p2 and p3 stand for

Answer 42

Promximal phalanx, intermediate phalanx , distal phalanx

Question 43

P3 in horses is also called the

Answer 43

Coffin bone

Question 44

The funny bone is the

Answer 44

Olecrannon (elbow)

Question 45

The cannon bone in a horse is mc ____ | The splint is mc ____

Answer 45

3 | 4 & 2

Question 46

This can get injured when cows go thro a narrow door way

Answer 46

Acromion or greater tubercle

Question 47

Point of shoulder is what bone

Answer 47

The greater tubercle

Question 48

In cows and horses the radius and ulna are

Answer 48

Fused together

Question 49

Splint bones are attached to the cannon bone by ligaments that can get inflamed and swell to make blemishes called

Answer 49

Splints

Question 50

Chestnut is a remnant of MC ___ | Ergot is a remnant of MC ___

Answer 50

1 | 5

Question 51

Where sesamoid are located

Answer 51

In tendons in the caudal surface of the limb to give extra leverage and strength

Question 52

Navicular disease

Answer 52

Degeneration of the navicular bone over time leading to chronic lameness

Question 53

Cranial portion of the ox coxae | Caudal ?

Answer 53

Illium | Ishium

Question 54

Largest of the 3 ox coxae bones

Answer 54

Illium

Question 55

Dorsal medial portion of Illium that articulates w the sacrum is the

Answer 55

Tuber sacrale (forming the sacrio-iliac joint)

Question 56

Smallest of the pelvic bones

Answer 56

The pubis

Question 57

The female pelvic opening is ______ than a males

Answer 57

Larger and more circular

Question 58

Large knob at proximal end of femur

Answer 58

Greater trochanter

Question 59

The patella and tibia articulate to form the

Answer 59

Stifle joint (knee joint)

Question 60

The patella is really a big sesimoid bone Bc it

Answer 60

Is imbedded in the tendon of the muscle

Question 61

Articulates w the tibia and fibula to form this joint

Answer 61

Tarsus forms the hock joint (ankle joint)

Question 62

How long into a dogs pregnancy until you can see the babies on X-ray

Answer 62

45 days (over halfway through her pregnancy)

Question 63

How long a dog gestation is

Answer 63

63-65 days

Question 64

Calcaneus is also called the

Answer 64

Hock bone or fibular tarsal

Question 65

Hip dysplasia leads to

Answer 65

Arthritis