Cat Osteology Flashcards
The cat has the ____ number of teeth of the common domestic mammals. How many teeth?
Dental formula?
fewest
30 teeth as adults
3131 / 3121
All incisors, canines, and first upper cheek tooth have \_\_\_\_\_ root(s); the third upper cheek teeth (P3) has \_\_\_\_ root(s); and, the rest have \_\_\_\_\_ root(s)
One
Three
Two
The roots of the third upper cheek teeth (P3) are situated in the _____ wall of the orbit
ventral
In older cats, the _____ may completely ossify.
Orbital ligament
The vertebral bodies of the cat appear _____-like when viewed radiographically.
boxcar
The spinal cord is reported to terminate between _____ and _____
L3 and L6.
Bodies of lumbar vertebrae are _____ in the cat than in the dog (radiograph).
longer
_____, _____ and _____ are absent in cats.
Nuchal ligament, sacrotuberous ligament and supratrochlear foramen
Unlike the dog, the cat has a completely ossified and radiographically obvious _____ but it does not, however, articulate with any other bone of the shoulder.
clavicle
The feline acromion possesses two processes not found in the dog, a caudally extending _____ process and a distally extending _____ process.
suprahamate; hamate
The _____ cartilage is more pronounced in cats than in the dog.
Scapular
Cats have a _____ on the distomedial humerus through which the median n. and brachial a. pass
supracondylar foramen
In general the long bones of the cat are _____ and _____ relative to the dog,
e.g., femur.
Longer; straighter
The cat has a greater _____ ability of the paw than does the dog
Supination
_____ may remove the entire distal phalanx to insure removal of the germinal epithelium to prevent re-growth. Removal does not hinder gait since the distal phalanx is only functional when the claws are protracted.
Declaw operations (onychectomies)
