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Chapter 1- Anatomical Terms Flashcards

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What is the Sagittal plane?

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Divides the body into left and right parts that are not necessarily equal

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What is the median plane?

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Divides the body into equal left and right halves

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What is a transverse plane?

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Divides the body into cranial and caudal parts

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What is the dorsal plane?

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Divides the body into dorsal and ventral parts

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What does cranial mean?

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Toward the head ; or the front surface of a limb proximal to the carpus or tarsus

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What does caudal mean

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Toward the tail; also the back surface of a limb proximal to the carpus or tarsus

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What does rostral mean?

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Toward the tip of the nose

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What does dorsal mean?

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Toward the top surface of the body ; also the top/front surface of a limb distal to the carpus or tarsus

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What does ventral mean?

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Toward the bottom (belly) surface of the body

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What does medial mean?

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Toward the median plane

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What does lateral mean?

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Away from the median plane

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What does deep mean?

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Toward the center of the body or a body part

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What does proximal mean?

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Toward the body (used for appendages)

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What does distal mean?

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Away from the body (used for appendages)

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What does palmar mean?

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Ground/back surface of front limb distal to carpus

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What does plantar mean?

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Ground/back surface of hind limb distal to the tarsus

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What is a cranial surface?

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The front part of a leg (what enters the building first) above the knee

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What is a caudal surface?

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The “back” surface of a leg above the knee

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What is a dorsal surface?

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The front of leg (below knee) and top of foot

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What is a palmar surface ?

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(Front legs only) The “back” part of leg (below the knee) including the bottom of the foot

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What is a plantar surface?

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(Back legs only) The “back” part of leg (below the knee) including the bottom of the foot

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What is a barrel?

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The trunk of the body-formed by the rib cage and the abdomen

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What is a flank?

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Lateral surface of the abdomen between the last rib and the hind legs

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What is a brisket?

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Area of the base of the neck between the front legs that covers the cranial end of the sternum

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What is a poll?

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Top of the head between the bases of the ears

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What is a muzzle

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Rostral part of the face formed mainly by the maxillary and nasal bones

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What is a withers?

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Area dorsal to scapulas

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What is a tailhead?

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Dorsal part of the base of the tail

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What is a hock?

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Tarsus

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What is a stifle?

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Femorotibial/fenoropatellar joint-equivalent to the human knee

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What is a fetlock?

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Joint between cannon bone (large metacarpal/metatarsal) and the proximal phalanx of hoofed animals

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What is a knee?

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Carpus of hoofed animals

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What is a cannon?

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Large metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed animals

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What is a Pastern?

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Area of the proximal phalanx of hoofed animals

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What is dorsal recumbency?

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Lying on the back (dorsal body surface) with the ventral side facing up

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What is lateral recumbency?

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Lying on the side

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What is left lateral recumbency?

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Left side down

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What is right lateral recumbency?

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Right side down

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What is sternal recumbency?

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Lying in the sternum (ventral body surface) with the dorsal surface facing up

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What is oblique recumbency ?

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The body is tilted between dorsal or sternal recumbency and lateral recumbency (referred to by a combination of other position terms)

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