External Anatomy of the Dog

Question 1

rostral part of the upper jaw devoid of hair; often cold and wet

Answer 1

Nose

Question 2

compromise of the upper and lower jaws; begins at the stop, just below the eyes, and includes the dog’s nose and mouth.

Answer 2

Muzzle (foreface)

Question 3

an indentation (sometimes non-existent) between the muzzle and the braincase or forehead.

Answer 3

Stop

Question 4

portion of the head that’s similar to your own forehead; it goes from the stop and eyebrows to the back point of the skull.

Answer 4

Forehead

Question 5

the highest point of the head at the back of
the head

Answer 5

occiput

Question 6

Determine what type of ears.

ears are upright.

Answer 6

Pricked

Question 7

Determine what type of ears.

ears have a fold in them.

Answer 7

Button

Question 8

ears are surgically altered.

Answer 8

Cropped

Question 9

ears hang down.

Answer 9

dropped

Question 10

fold of skin covering the eyeballs

Answer 10

eyelids

Question 11

provide some sensory feeling

Answer 11

Whiskers

Question 12

Pendulous lateral parts of a dog’s upper lips; The loose flaps of skin on the sides of the upper muzzle that hang to
different lengths over the mouth

Answer 12

Flews

Question 13

skin along the sides of the muzzle

Answer 13

Cheek

Question 14

eck joins the base of the skull in the back
of the head.

Answer 14

Nape

Question 15

beneath the jaws.

Answer 15

Throat

Question 16

runs from the head to the shoulders.

Answer 16

Neck

Question 17

the section of the forelimb from the withers to shoulder joint

Answer 17

Shoulder

Question 18

the top most point of the shoulders, making the highest point of the dog’s back

Answer 18

withers

Question 19

Back and the chest together forms the _________

Answer 19

thorax

Question 20

the top of the sternum, a bone that ties the rib cage together.

Answer 20

Prosternum

Question 21

the entire rib cage of the dog.

Answer 21

Chest

Question 22

runs from the point of the shoulders to the end of the rib cage. sometimes used to describe the back and the loin.

Answer 22

Back

Question 23

refers to the side of the dog between the end of the chest and the rear leg.

Answer 23

Flank

Question 24

the underside of the dog from the end of its rib cage to its tail

Answer 24

Abdomen

Question 25

the back between the end of the rib cage and the beginning of the pelvic bone

Answer 25

Loin

Question 26

most proximal joint of the forelimb

Answer 26

Shoulder joint

Question 27

right below the shoulder. It ends at the elbow

Answer 27

Upper arm/Brachium

Question 28

joint between the shoulder and arm of the forelimb.

Answer 28

elbow

Question 29

after the elbow on the forelimb.

Answer 29

antebrachium/forearm

Question 30

joint below the elbow on the forelimb.

Answer 30

Carpus

Question 31

part of the dog’s hind limb situated above the knee.

Answer 31

Thigh

Question 32

the joint that sits in the front of the hind limb in line with the abdomen.

Answer 32

Stifle/Knee

Question 33

part of the hind limb distal to the knee to the hock

Answer 33

Leg

Question 34

joint distal to the stifle - corresponds with your ankle.

Answer 34

Hock

Question 35

The distal segment of the hindlimb from the tarsus

Answer 35

Hindpaw

Question 36

equivalent to your fingers and toes

Answer 36

Digits

Question 37

vestiges of 1st digit

Answer 37

Dewclaw

Question 38

the underside of the paws

Answer 38

Pads

Question 39

The aspect of the forepaw on which the pads are located

Answer 39

Palmar

Question 40

•The aspect of the hindpaw on which the pads are located

Answer 40

Plantar

Question 41

where the pelvic bone is.

Answer 41

Croup

Question 42

back of the upper thigh

Answer 42

Rump

Question 43

where the tail attaches to the rump.

Answer 43

Tail set

Question 44

sometimes absent/shortened

Answer 44

Tail