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Appendicular skeleton Flashcards

1
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Define syndactyly

This is know as what in cattle

A

Some or all fingers or toes united partly or wholly

Know as “mulefoot” in cattle

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2
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Define polydactyly

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Extra fingers or toes

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3
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Dewclaw procedure is called

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Onychectomy

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4
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Procedure that cuts cats tendon in attempt to make it so claws can’t “dig in”

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Tenectomy

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5
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The front limbs are called the

The back?

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Pectoral or thoracic limbs

Pelvic limbs

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6
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The head of the humorous fits into the what of the scapula

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Glenoid cavity

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7
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The valley of the humorous is called

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The olecrannon fossa

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8
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The point of the elbow is called the, which is part of the

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Olecrannon

Ulna

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9
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The part of the ulna that fits into olecrannon fossa

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The anconeal process

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10
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Big bump next to head of humorous is

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The greater tubricle

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11
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Medical term for dislocated hip

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Coxofemoral luxation

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12
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A bone that hasn’t completely broken through is what kind of fracture

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Greenstick

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13
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A bone that broke clean through is what kind of fracture (no fragments)

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Complete

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14
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A bone that broke into fragments without puncturing the skin is what kind of fracture

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Comminuted

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15
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A bone that broke into fragments and punctured the skin is what find of fracture

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Compound

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16
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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

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Os coxae

3 (each)

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17
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Term for hip

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Coxa

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18
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The three bones in each half of the pelvis

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Ilium, pubis, Ischium

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19
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Where the 2 pelvis halves join

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The pelvic or pubic symphysis

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20
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Distal sesamoid bone in equine

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Navicular

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21
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The lateral most projection of the Illium is the

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Hook bone (tuber coxae)

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22
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The holes in the pubis are

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The obturator foramen

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23
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Caudal prominence on the ishium

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Pin bone or tuber ischii

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24
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Hip sockets are called

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Acetabulum

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25
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Pelvis is widest from top to bottom or side to side

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Top bottom

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26
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Greenstick fractures are common in

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Young

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27
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Head of the femur articulates with what? ( hip socket)

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Acetabulum

28
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Groove in femur where knee bone rides

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Trochlea (patellar groove)

29
Q

Knee cap bone (it’s a big sesamoid)

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Patella

30
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Patella pops out of groove when trochlea isn’t deep enough, this is called

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Patellar luxation

31
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Shin bone

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Tibia

32
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Femur and tibia connect making what joint

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Stifle joint (knee joint)

33
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Two tiny bones behind distal femur are called (useless stupid bones)

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Fabellas

34
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Heel bone

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Calcaneus or fibular tarsal bone

35
Q

What tendon attached to calcaneus bone

A

Achilles

36
Q

Spool shaped part of tarsus that articulates w tibia

A

Talus

37
Q

Foot bones are called

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Metatarsals

38
Q

What movement? To bend a joint

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Flexion

39
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What movement? To straighten a joint

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Extension

40
Q

What movement? To move limb away from body

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Abduct

41
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What movement? To move limb back towards body

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Adduct

42
Q

What p1 p2 and p3 stand for

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Promximal phalanx, intermediate phalanx , distal phalanx

43
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P3 in horses is also called the

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Coffin bone

44
Q

The funny bone is the

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Olecrannon (elbow)

45
Q

The cannon bone in a horse is mc ____

The splint is mc ____

A

3

4 & 2

46
Q

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

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Acromion or greater tubercle

47
Q

Point of shoulder is what bone

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The greater tubercle

48
Q

In cows and horses the radius and ulna are

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Fused together

49
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Splint bones are attached to the cannon bone by ligaments that can get inflamed and swell to make blemishes called

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Splints

50
Q

Chestnut is a remnant of MC ___

Ergot is a remnant of MC ___

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1

5

51
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Where sesamoid are located

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

52
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Navicular disease

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Degeneration of the navicular bone over time leading to chronic lameness

53
Q

Cranial portion of the ox coxae

Caudal ?

A

Illium

Ishium

54
Q

Largest of the 3 ox coxae bones

A

Illium

55
Q

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

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Tuber sacrale (forming the sacrio-iliac joint)

56
Q

Smallest of the pelvic bones

A

The pubis

57
Q

The female pelvic opening is ______ than a males

A

Larger and more circular

58
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Large knob at proximal end of femur

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Greater trochanter

59
Q

The patella and tibia articulate to form the

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Stifle joint (knee joint)

60
Q

The patella is really a big sesimoid bone Bc it

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Is imbedded in the tendon of the muscle

61
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Articulates w the tibia and fibula to form this joint

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Tarsus forms the hock joint (ankle joint)

62
Q

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

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45 days (over halfway through her pregnancy)

63
Q

How long a dog gestation is

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63-65 days

64
Q

Calcaneus is also called the

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Hock bone or fibular tarsal

65
Q

Hip dysplasia leads to

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Arthritis

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