Final Review Flashcards
What are the functions of bone?
Physical: serve, protect, support; Metabolic: mineral, hemopoiesis, fat storage
What are the classifications of bone?
Long: in limbs, short: in limbs, flat: hemopoiesis, Sesamoid: in tendons to protect from friction, irregular
What are the origins of bone?
Cartilaginous: replaces a cartilage model-continuous production and resorption allows bone to elongate; intramembranous: forms directly within a sheet of connective tissue (bones of skull and face)
What is the blood supply of the bones?
Nutrient artery-largest single source of blood
What are the main bones to know?
C1-Atlas, has wings and the atlantooccipital joint allows for “yes”; C2-Axis, has a dens and the atlantoaxial joint allows for “no”, C6-radiographic landmark with huge ventral lamina, C7-lacks transverse foramen, has caudal costal fovea; T11-anticlinal vertebra, no costal fovea, sagittal joint
What are the types of joints?
Fibrous (suture-flat bones of the skull, gomphosis-between roots of teeth and alveoli/formed by periodontal ligament, syndesmoses-all others, like between metacarpals), cartilaginous (hyaline-usually temporary and ossify with age like costochondral joints, fibrocartilaginous-like pelvic symphysis and intervertebral discs), synovial (have joint cavity, joint capsule, synovial fluid to help remove waste/lubrication/nourishment-from membrane that is vascularised and innervated and doesnt cover articular surface and is primary source of joint pain, and articular cartilage-avascular and aneural) (ligaments-extra (collateral, most appendicular synovial joints), and intracapsular)
Describe the joints
Humeral-flexion/extension, lacks true collateral ligaments; cubital-compound, thick collateral ligaments; coxal-great range of motion because of ball and socket, lacks collateral ligaments, ligament of the head of the femur is intracapsular and anchors head to acetabulum; genual-bones do not fit together well and there is instability in axes, has 2 menisci and 10 ligaments (8 intra, 2 extra)
Describe integument system
Functions: physical barrier, sensory, ionic pool for water and electrolytes, vitamin D synthesis, thermoregulation, immunity, intraspecies communication
What does the integument include?
Epidermis (avascular), dermis (dense connective tissue, vascularized and innervated), hypodermis (collagen and elastic with fat, thickening helps with movement and has cutaneous muscles and folds), accessory structures like hair, sweat glands, etc
What are the types of skin glands?
Sebaceous-secrete sebum, drains into hair follicles, lubricates and waterproofs skin and coat; sweat-apocrine (asso. with hair, create odor) and merocrine (not associated with hair, found on footpads, watery secretion)
What are the specialised skin glands?
Ceruminous-in external auditory canal, secretes ear wax, in dogs and cats; circumoral-in cats, sebaceous, on lips; carpal-cats and pigs, proximal to carpal pad and marked by a tuft of hair; caudal-dogs and cats, dorsal surface of hair and more activity during breeding season, can cause hyperplasia and stud tail; circumanal-dogs, by anus, empty by bursting, role in steroid synthesis and site of tumors; glands of the anal sacs-dogs and cats, in walls, secrete during pooping
What are the types of hair?
Guard-lie close against skin, straight and stiff, form top coat; wool-fine and wavy, form undercoat; tactile-modification of guard hairs, thicker and protrude beyond hairs
What is the hair cycle?
Finite seasonal shedding, anagen->early catagen->late catagen->telogen->early anagen
Describe the mammary glands
Dogs: bilaterally symmetrical rows, has glandular complex with papilla, 5 pairs-4 for cat, 1 less abdominal- (2 thoracic, 2 abdominal, 1 inguinal), tubuloalveolar sweat, multiple openings to a single duct, thoracic and cranial abdominal mammae drain to axillary lymph nodes, caudal and inguinal to superficial inguinal lymph node; NO CONNECTIONS BETWEEN L AND R SIDES
What are the functions of muscles?
maintain posture of body, moves substances inside body, generation of body heat, provide support, glycogen storage
What is skeletal muscle organization?
Whole muscle surrounded by epimysium, each fascicle in perimysium, individual muscle fibers by endomysium
How are muscles attached?
Tendons (from collagen fibers, damaged by much force, protection by sesamoid bones and synovial bursae, mesotenons provide vascular supply and sensory), aponeurosis (densely arranged collagen), fleshy
Explain deep fascia
Hold sutures well, fairly bloodless separation of muscles, inflammation or swelling of muscles or fluid accumulation compresses other structures, need to direct the drain of fluids, thickenings are retinacula
What are the forms of muscles?
Spindle-active belly (biceps, triceps), pennate-fibers oblique to the force (rectus femoris, deltoid), sphincter, circular, wide with tendinous tissue or aponeurosis
Skeletal muscle
stimulated to contract by lower alpha motor neurons originating in CNS, contraction is an all or none event, muscle spindles give info about muscle length, Golgi tendon organs give info about muscle tension
What is the patellar reflex?
patellar ligament->stretch musculotendinous junction->stimulates muscle spindle->reflexive contraction
Epaxial versus hypaxial muscles
Epaxial-innervated by dorsal branches of spinal nerves, ILT, extend vertebral column and produce lateral movement when only on one side; hypaxial-by ventral branches of spinal nerves
Inspiration and expiration
Inspiration is active, diaphragm is most important, scalenus and serratus dorsalis cranialis; expiration is passive and a function of lung elastic recoil, forceful by abdominal wall and serratus dorsalis caudalis; intercostal muscles are both and draw ribs together, external has caudoventral fibers and internal has cranioventral fibers
What are the contents of the thoracic outlet?
Lumbocostal Arch-sympathetic trunk and major splanchnic nerve, Aortic hiatus-azygos vein, aorta, thoracic duct, esophageal hiatus-esophagus, dorsal and ventral vagal trunks, caval foramen-caudal vena cava
What is the endothoracic fascia?
connective tissue lining thoracic cavity attaching pleurae to thoracic wall and diaphragm
What is pleura?
mesothelial membrane that lines thoracic cavity, encloses mediastinum, covers lungs
What lies in the mediastinum?
Thymus, heart, aorta, trachea, esophagus, nerves, vessels, fat, lymph nodes
What is in the pleural cavity?
NOTHING except for a small bit of serous fluid
What is pneumothorax?
When the mediastinum ruptures and allows communication of pleural cavities
What is connecting pleurae?
Double folds of pleurae; includes pulmonary ligament and plica vena cava
What is the line of pleural reflection?
Line that allows access to the pleural cavity, runs along 8/9 ribs, 10/11 at costochondral junction, and up to the 12th intercostal space
What is cardiac tamponade?
Fibrous pericardium prevents distension of pericardial cavity, fluid accumulation can result in compression of heart
Where is the cardiac notch?
Low in the right 4-5 intercostal space, can get to the heart without hitting the lung
What is the pulmonary blood supply?
Functional-pulmonary arteries from R ventricle to lungs for gaseous exchange; nutritional-bronchoesophageal artery
What is the auscultaton triangle?
caudal border of triceps, lateral edge of epaxial muscles, sternal end of 6th rib to 11th intercostal space
What is the costodiaphragmatic recess?
Potential space where diaphragmatic and costal parietal pleura are in contact with each other
What is the blood supply of the cardiovascular system?
General circulation has two loops. Pulmonary-lower pressure, from heart to lungs and back; systemic pressure-from heart to rest of body; Flow: leaves heart through pulmonary trunk or aorta, into arteries, then arterioles, then capillaries, venules, then veins and back to heart
What are the portal systems?
Usually blood flows through capillaries once, but the portal system has blood going through two capillary beds before returning to the heart. Has hepatic and hypothalamico-hypophyseal
Where is the heart?
The 3-6 intercostal spaces
What is the conduction system of the heart?
Sinoatrial node-> atrioventricular node->Purkinje fibres
List features of the R atrium and ventricle
Atrium: inflow from the vena cavaes and coronary sinus, outflow through R AV orifice, has intervenous tubercle to divert blood from CDVs into orifice and has pectinate muscles for strength; Ventricle: Inflow from R AV orifice, outflow by pulmonary trunk orifice/valve, has conus arteriosus that is a funnel part, papillary muscles that are cone shaped and lead to chordae tendinae which prevent eversion of AV valves, trabeculae carneae which are ridges lining the ventricle, and a trabecula septomarginalis which conducts Purkinje fibres across the lumen
List features of the L atrium and ventricle
Atrium: inflow is the pulmonary veins, outflow is the L AV orifice, has left auricle and pectinate muscles; Ventricle: inflow from L AV orifice, outflow is the aortic orifice, has features like the R ventricle but bigger
What is the coronary circulation?
From ascending aorta, L coronary has a circumflex branch which has a subsinuosal interventricular branch, a paraconal interventricular branch, and a septal branch; also a R coronary artery
Heart sounds
S1: Closure of AV valves, Lub sound; S2: closure of semilunar valves, dub sound
What are the points of maximal intensity?
Pulmonary valve: Low in L 3rd intercostal space; Aortic: high in L 4th intercostal space; Left AV valve: low in L 5th intercostal space; Right AV valve: low in R 4-5th intercostal space
How is lymph returned to the venous system?
Thoracic Duct-empties near L venous angle, receives lymph from 3/4 of body; Right lymphatic duct-empties near R venous angle, receives lymph from R half of head and neck and thoracic limb and shoulder
Describe fetal circulation
Lungs are shrunken, non functional, and resist blood flow; oxygenation and nutrient waste exchange occurs in placenta which is distinct from the fetus
Describe the parts of fetal circulation
Umbilical arteries: From internal iliac arteries, carry fetal blood out through umbilical cord to placenta for waste exchange; umbilical vein: returns blood from placenta to fetus, from umbilical cord to liver where continues as ductus venosus highest oxygen concentration here; foramen ovale: passage through interatrial septum which allows blood to bypass the lungs by flowing from R atrium to L atrium; ductus arteriosus: vascular connection between pulmonary trunk and aorta, allows blood from R ventricle to bypass lungs and go to aorta
What are the changes that happen at birth?
Lungs inflate which result in decreased pulmonary resistance and increased pulmonary blood flow (venous return to L atrium increases which closes the foramen ovale); increased oxygen concentration causes smooth muscle contraction and closes umbilical structures
What happens to the fetal circulation?
Arteries become round ligaments of the urinary bladder, vein becomes the round ligament of the liver, ductus venosus becomes ligamentum venosum, ductus arteriosus becomes ligamentum arteriosum, foramen ovale becomes fossa ovalis
What are interneurons?
Short neurons interposed between afferent and efferent, entirely within CNS, excitatory or inhibitory
What are projection neurons?
in CNS, send axons a longer distance before stopping. If in the spinal cord, it ends cranially by forming an ascending tract. if begin in nucleus or cortex of brain, goes caudally to end in descending tract/upper motor neuron
Classify peripheral neurons
GSE-multipolar, supplies most skeletal muscles; GVE-multipolar, supply smooth and cardiac muscle and glands, has a 2 neuron chain; GSA-pseudounipolar neurons that carry sensory neurons, cell bodies are in sensory ganglia; GVA-pseudounipolar neurons that carry sensory info; SSA-bipolar carry vision and auditory; SVA-bipolar and pseudounipolar that carry taste and smell
What is the basic make up of spinal nerves?
Dorsal root (sensory) and ventral root (motor) combine to form spinal nerve, which divides into a dorsal branch, ventral branch, and communicating branch
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
controls involuntary visceral info to maintain homeostasis or respond to stress; GVE system-sympathetic (thoracolumbar) and parasympathetic (craniosacral)
What is the first part of the sympathetic pathway?
lateral gray horn->ventral root->spinal nerve->ramus communicans->sympathetic trunk; head=cranial cervical ganglion, neck=cervicothoracic ganglion, thorax=cervicothoracic or middle cervical ganglion, body=sympathetic trunk ganglion, abdominal cavity=ganglion within plexuses (celiacomesenteric, caudal mesenteric), pelvic cavity=caudal mesenteric ganglion,
What is the main arterial supply of the thoracic limb?
Axillary (gives off cranial circumflex humeral)->Brachial (gives off common interosseous)->Median->Superficial Palmar Arch->Palmar Common Digital; radial and caudal interosseous (main supply for deep palmar arch) give rise to the dorsal carpal rete which is the vascular network of the forepaw
What are the veins of the thoracic limb?
The deep venous system is formed by axillary tributaries; superficial venous system: median cubital (connects cephalic and brachial) and axillobrachial (connects axillary with cephalic) are the connections between superficial and deep; omobrachial and cephalic drain into the external jugular vein
Lymphatics of the thoracic limb
No single terminal lymph node; superficial cervical (constant, palpable, efferent to thoracic duct/right tracheal trunk/external jugular vein), axillary (constant, not palpable, efferent to thoracic duct, left and right tracheal trunk, external jugular vein), accessory axillary (inconstant, palpable, efferent to axillary lymph node)
Describe the brachial plexus
Formed by ventral branches of C6-T2, located cranial to the first rib; long thoracic nerve innervates serratus ventralis, thoracodorsal innervates lats, lateral thoracic innervates cut trunci
What are the extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb?
latissimus dorsi, trapezius, omo, brachiocephalicus, rhomboideus, sup/deep pecs
What are the nerves that innervate the intrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb?
Suprascapular-to supra/infraspinatus (damage leads to shoulder slip), subscapular-subscapularis, musculocutaneous-flexor muscles of cubital, axillary-passes proximal to teres major and innervates flexors of humeral, radial-parallel to brachial artery, passes distal to teres major, tricipital branches to extensors of cubital, deep branch goes to extensors of carpi/digits and ulnaris lateralis (injury->hit by car, proximal to tricipital leads to no extension/cannot bear weight/drags dorsal side, distal to tricipital leads to normal stance but knuckles over and no extension of carpus/digits), median-gives off medial and lateral branches to supply palmar surface, innervates flexors of carpus and digits (goes to palmar common nerves), ulnar-gives off dorsal and palmar branches, innervates palmar surface and 5th digit (goes to palmar metacarpal)
What are the flexor muscles of the cubital joint?
Biceps brachii and brachialis
What are the flexor muscles of the humeral joint?
Teres major, teres minor, deltoideus