Axial Skeleton

Question 1

What is part of the axial skeleton

Answer 1

Skull and vertebral column and rib cage

Question 2

The skull is:

Answer 2

Bony skeleton of the head

Question 3

Cranium + Mandible

Answer 3

Skull

Question 4

The skull is a shield for

Answer 4

The brain
Special sense organs
Cranial parts of the respiratory and digestive system

Question 5

The skull provides many attachments to …. And ….. muscles

Answer 5

Head and neck muscles

Question 6

Orbit holds

Answer 6

The eye socket

Question 7

External nares holds

Answer 7

Nostrils

Question 8

Infraorbital canal
Transmits?
At the entrance?
At the exit?

Answer 8

A bony canal that transmits infraortibal artery and nerves
Entrance: maxillary foramen
Exit: infraorbital foramen

Question 9

What comes off the infraorbital foramen

Answer 9

Infraorbital nerve

Question 10

Location of the ear canal

Answer 10

External acoustic meatus

Question 11

The cheek bone

Answer 11

Zygomatic arch

Question 12

Spherical structure where eat structures are

Answer 12

Tympanic bulla

Question 13

Entry of the spinal cord

Answer 13

Foramen magnum

Question 14

Strength of neck muscles

Answer 14

Nuchal crest

Question 15

Mastoid muscle attachment and hyoid attachment

Answer 15

Mastoid process

Question 16

Articulates with the atlas and allows head nodding

Answer 16

Occipital condyle

Question 17

Temporal muscle originated from

Answer 17

Side of skull within the temporal fossa

Question 18

Small dogs have larger brains and therefore have

Answer 18

Temporal lines and a small temporalis

Question 19

Large dogs need a big bite force and haven

Answer 19

Big temporal muscles and a sagittal crest

Question 20

Nerve that exits optic canal

Answer 20

Optic nerve

Question 21

Nerves that exit orbital fissure

Answer 21

Occulomotor, trochochlear, abducen, and ophthalmic nerve

Question 22

When these two structures meet, they make a canal

Answer 22

Caudal and rostro alar foramen

Question 23

The maxillary artery goes through the …. And out the ….

Answer 23

Through the caudal alar foramen and out the rostral alar foramen

Question 24

Where the mandible articulates w skull

Answer 24

Mandibular fossa

Question 25

The mandibular fossa articulates with condyloid process at the

Answer 25

TMJ

Question 26

Nerves exiting tympano-occipital fissure

Answer 26

Glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory exit Carotid artery enters

Question 27

Insertion where temporalis attaches

Answer 27

Coronoid process

Question 28

Mid-line suture between 2 mandibles

Answer 28

Mandibular symphysis

Question 29

Where olfactory nerve fibers run through to get to nasal cavity

Answer 29

Cribriform plate of ethmoid

Question 30

Atlantoccipital process allows what motion

Answer 30

The “no” motion of the skull

Question 31

Lamina and pedicle create

Answer 31

Neural arch

Question 32

Nuchal ligament runs from

Answer 32

Occipital to thoracic

Question 33

Costal arch is made of

Answer 33

Costal cartilage

Question 34

Deltoid attaches here

Answer 34

Acromion

Question 35

Bicep attaches here

Answer 35

Supraglenoid tubercle

Question 36

Superspinatus muscles insert here

Answer 36

Greater tubercle of humerus

Question 37

Allows rotation of radius and ulna

Answer 37

Trochlea

Question 38

Where extensors of forearm and digits originate from

Answer 38

Lateral epicondyle

Question 39

Where flexors originate from

Answer 39

Medial epicondyle

Question 40

Joint between the cannon bone, the proximal sesamoid bone, and the first phalanx

Answer 40

Horse fetlock

Question 41

Canon bone

Answer 41

Essentially third metacarpal

Question 42

These animals have only 2 digits, digit 3 and digit 4

Answer 42

Cows and goats

Question 43

In birds and reptiles the carpus and metacarpus

Answer 43

Fuse

Question 44

In a horse, the ulna and radius

Answer 44

Fuse together

Question 45

Where the hamstring attaches to the pelvis

Answer 45

Ischiatic tuberosity

Question 46

Where the femur articulates w the pelvis

Answer 46

Acetabular fossa

Question 47

Where the muscle that flexes the hip attaches to the femur

Answer 47

Lesser trochanter

Question 48

Where abductees of the hip attach to the femur

Answer 48

Greater trochanter

Question 49

Where superficial gluteal muscle attaches to the femur

Answer 49

Third trochanter

Question 50

During extension, this tightens to prevent hyper extension in the stifle

Answer 50

Cranial cruciate ligament

Question 51

For femur to sit on

Answer 51

Lateral meniscus

Question 52

Patella increases height for

Answer 52

Efficiency