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)
The most noticeable difference in the feline pelvis is its nearly _____ shape viewed from a ventrodorsal aspect. It appears much like the letter _____.
parallel, “H”
The metatarsal bones are considerably _____ than the metacarpal bones.
longer (2X)
The femoral shaft of the cat is _____.
Straight
