General Terms Flashcards
Common domestic carnivores
Cats and dogs
common domestic ungulates
pigs, cows, horses
Artiodactyls
pigs and cows
Perissodactyls
horses
Ruminant artiodactyls
cattle
Non ruminant artiodactyls
pigs
Dorsal
to the top
ventral
to the bottom
medial
middle
lateral
outsides
to the side
less in the middle
cranial
towards the head
Caudal
towards the tail
rostral
towards the nose
caudal (in terms of the head)
towards the tail
proximal
beginning or front
closer to the mass
distal
end or back
further from mass
Palmer
ground contact on thoracic appendage
Plantar
ground contact on pelvic appendage
axial
close to center
abaxial
further from center line
clade
animal group with a common ancestor
is a rhino more related to a horse or a cow
horse
it is a perissodactyl
Median plane
cuts left from right
sagittal plane
parallel to median plane
transverse plane
perpendicular to the long axis
cuts head end from tail end
dorsal plane
cuts top from bottom
belly from back
A dorsal plane never cuts perpendicular to the ventral/dorsal line (T/F)
False
Always perpendicular
Where do conflicts arise with human anatomy
the trunk
standard anatomical position
4 on the floor
Recumbancy
state of leaning or resting
If an animal is in right recumbency you ar looking at its right side (T/F)
False
Looking at its left
