Axial Skeleton Flashcards
Axial skeleton is
vertebral column
skull & hyoid
ribs & sternum
Appendicular skeleton is
fore & hind limbs
Heterotropic/splanchnic skeleton
os penis
Manubrium
1st sternal bone
S1
most cranial
Xyphoid process
last sternal bone
S8
most caudal
cranial attachment of linea alba
Body of sternum
S2-S7
of rib pairs (dog & cat)
13
9 true
4 false
True rib
articulated with sternum
1-9
sternal rib
False rib
not articulated with sternum
10-12
13 (floating)
asternal rib
Costal arch
cartilages of asternal ribs blended together
Components of a rib
head neck tubercle body costal cartilage (ventral)
Costal cartilage
cartilaginous continuation of distal bony end of rib
Costochondryl junction
connection between bone & cartilage of rib
Dog vertebral formula
C7, T13, L7, S3, Cd20-23
Sacrum
3 sacral vertebrae (fused)