... I. Hip (The Pelvic Limb)

Question 1

Hip bone/os coxae (4)

Answer 1

ilium, ischium, pubis, acetabular bone

Question 2

thigh (1)

Answer 2

femur

Question 3

Stifle/knee joint (3)

Answer 3

menisci, fabellae, patella

Question 4

Crus/leg (2)

Answer 4

tibia and fibula

Question 5

hindpaw/pes (2)

Answer 5

ankle and digits

Question 6

“ankle”

Answer 6

tarsus

Question 7

digits (3)

Answer 7

metatarsals
phalanges
sesamoid bones

Question 8

Bony pelvis (3)

Answer 8

 Os coxae
 Sacrum
 First coccygeal vertebra

Question 9

Os coxae (3)

Answer 9

Ilium
Ischium
Pubis

Question 10

They fuse during the 12th postnatal week (3)

Answer 10

 Ilium
 Ischium
 Pubis

Question 11

fuses with ilium and ischium during the 7th postnatal week

Answer 11

Acetabular bone

Question 12

Must be large enough to allow passage of offspring

Answer 12

Pelvic cavity

Question 13

Pelvic openings (2)

Answer 13

Cranial pelvic aperture or pelvic inlet

Caudal pelvic aperture or pelvic outlet

Question 14

-terminal line of the sacrum

Answer 14

(dorsal)

Question 15

-cranial border of the pubis

Answer 15

(ventral)

Question 16

-iliopectineal crest

Answer 16

(bilateral)

Question 17

-1st coccygeal vertebra

Answer 17

(dorsal)

Question 18

-caudolateral border of ischiatic tuberosity and ischiatic arch

Answer 18

(ventral)

Question 19

-sacrotuberous ligament

Answer 19

(bilateral)

Question 20

(anterior) space enclosed by pelvic brim

Answer 20

Pelvic inlet

Question 21

opening bound by coccyx and ischial tuberosities

Answer 21

Pelvic outlet

Question 22

 Largest and most cranial of the bones composing the os coxae
 Divided into wing and body
 2 surfaces, 3 borders, 3 angles

Answer 22

Ilium

Question 23

3 borders of ilium

Answer 23

 Cranial border / iliac crest
 Dorsal border
 Ventral border

Question 24

Dorsal border (4) of ilium

Answer 24

◦ Greater ischiatic notch
◦ Ischiatic spine
◦ Caudal dorsal iliac spine
◦ Cranial dorsal iliac spine

Question 25

Tuber sacrale (2)

Answer 25

◦ Caudal dorsal iliac spine
◦ Cranial dorsal iliac spine

Question 26

Ventral border of the ilium (2)

Answer 26

◦ Caudal ventral iliac spine
◦ Cranial ventral iliac spine

Question 27

Tuber coxae of the ilium (2)

Answer 27

◦ Caudal ventral iliac spine
◦ Cranial ventral iliac spine

Question 28

2 surfaces of the ilium

Answer 28

 Gluteal surface –
lateral

 Sacropelvic surface
- medial

Question 29

 Body
 Ramus
 Tuberosity (ischiatic
tuberosity)
◦ Its ventral surface gives rise to the most powerful muscles of the thigh;

the hamstring muscles: biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimebranosus

Answer 29

Ischium

Question 30

 Body
 Ramus
◦ The main motions of the symphysis are superior/inferior glide and separation/compression
◦ The functions of the joint are to absorb shock during walking and allow delivery of an offspring.

Answer 30

Pubis

Question 31

largest process of the pubis

Answer 31

Ileopectineal eminence

Question 32

Symphysis pubis + symphysis ischii

Answer 32

= symphysis pelvis

Question 33

◦ Serves as attachment of the prepubic tendon, whereby all of the abdominal muscles, except for the m. transversus abdominis, attach wholly or in part
◦ M.pectineus also arises here

Answer 33

Pecten of pubis

Question 34

◦ Composed of parts of ilium, ischium, pubis
◦ In young, plus acetabular bone

Answer 34

Acetabulum

Question 35

Acetabulum (2)

Answer 35

◦ Acetabular notch
◦ Acetabular fossa

Question 36

Means measuring of distances and angles between structures of the pelvis and can be done by palpation or on x-rays of the pelvis

Answer 36

Pelvimetry