Bones Flashcards
Spatium interarcuale
⮚ Eq: wide
⮚ Ru: wide
⮚ Ca: narrow
Incisura alare on the atlas (C1)
⮚ Eq: absent, foramen alare instead
⮚ Ru: absent, foramen alare instead
⮚ Ca: present
Foramen transversarium on atlas (C1)
⮚ Eq: present
⮚ Ru: absent
⮚ Ca: present
Shape of ala atlantis (C1)
⮚ Eq: point downwards
⮚ Ru: point horizontally
⮚ Ca: point horizontally
The shape of Dens on Axis (C2)
⮚ Eq: spout- like
⮚ Ru: spout- like
⮚ Ca: rod- like
The shape of facies articularis cranialis on axis (C2)
⮚ Eq: surface is split into two and is ventrolateral to the dens
⮚ Ru: surface is undivided and is semicircular around the dens
⮚ Ca: surface is split into two and is nearly fully lateral to the dens
Processus spinosus direction and shape on axis (C2)
⮚ Eq: directed caudally and is split into two ridges (bifurcated) ; is continuous with the caudal articular processes
⮚ Ru: rectangular in shape and has a convex dorsal borer ; is separate from the caudal articular processes
⮚ Ca: ridge extends cranially and caudally ; is continuous with the caudal articular processes
Foramen vertebrale laterale on axis (C2)
⮚ Eq: present, formed by a bony bridge on the cranial side
⮚ Ru: present, formed by a bony bridge on the cranial side
⮚ Ca: absent, instead incisura vertebralis cranialis is present
Crista ventralis on C7
⮚ Eq: absent
⮚ Ru: absent
⮚ Ca: present
Number of thorcicae vertebrae
⮚ Eq: 18
⮚ Ru: 13
⮚ Ca: 12- 14
Processus accessorii (Thorcicae)
⮚ Eq: not present ⮚ Ru: not present ⮚ Ca: present between the transverse and caudal articular processes of the last thoracic vertebrae (rod – like)
Size of the processus spinosus on thoracicae
⮚ Eq: increase in length until the 4th of 5th vertebrae, decrease until the 12th or 13th
⮚ Ru: increase in length until the 3rd vertebra, decrease until the 12th or 13th ⮚ Ca: decrease all the way through
Foreman intervertebrale (Thorcicae)
⮚ Eq: undivided
⮚ Ru: divided into two by a bony bridge
⮚ Ca: undivided
Number of vertebrae (Lumbales)
⮚ Eq: 5-7
⮚ Ru: 6
⮚ Ca: 6/7
Processus accessorii (Lumbales)
⮚ Eq: not present ⮚ Ru: not present ⮚ Ca: present, between the transverse and processus articularis caudalis of the entire lumbar vertebrae
The shape of processus spinosus (Lumbales)
⮚ Eq: uniform length ; directed cranially ; rectangular in shape
⮚ Ru: uniform length ; directed caudally in the ox and vertically in small ruminants ; square in shape
⮚ Ca: not uniform in length ; directed cranially
Processus costales (rudimentary ribs)– [Processus transversus of the Lumbales]
⮚ Eq: horizontally directed ; that of the last two and 1st sacral vertebrae articulate together
⮚ Ru: horizontally directed
⮚ Ca: directed downwards and forwards (cranioventrally)
The shape of processus mamilloarticularis (Lumbales)
⮚ Eq: club – shaped
⮚ Ru: club – shaped
⮚ Ca: ridge – shaped
Foramen intervertebrale (Lumbales)
⮚ Eq: undivided ; has a dorsal and ventral opening due to articulation of transverse processes
⮚ Ru: divided in the first 3 lumbar vertebrae by a bony bridge (caudal notch)
⮚ Ca: undivided
Number of vertebrae (Sacrales)
⮚ Eq: 5
⮚ Ru: 5 (4 in sheep)
⮚ Ca: 3
Shape of os sacral
⮚ Eq: triangular
⮚ Ru: triangular
⮚ Ca: rectangular
Basis ossis sacri (sacrales)
⮚ Eq: straight
⮚ Ru: curved caudally
⮚ Ca straight
Crista sacralis mediana et intermedia (sacrales)
⮚ Eq: not present
⮚ Ru: present (mediana on the dorsal aspect and the intermediana lateral to the proc. spinosus)
⮚ Ca: not present
Ala ossis sacri (sacrales)
⮚ Eq: only first sacral vertebrae contributes to its formation
⮚ Ru: first two contribute (in small ruminants)
⮚ Ca: first two contribute