Joints

Question 1

Kind of joint found between cannon and splint bones

Answer 1

Fibrous

Question 2

Kind of joint found between skull bones and in teeth sockets

Answer 2

Fibrous

Question 3

Kind of joints between pelvic or mandible symphasis

Answer 3

Cartilaginous

Question 4

End of a bone is articulating w another bone. Surfaces of bone are covered by cartilage.

Answer 4

Synovial joints

Question 5

What kind of joint? Stifle, elbow, fetlock

Answer 5

Synovial

Question 6

Space between the bones in a synovial joint is called

Answer 6

Joint cavity or articular cavity

Question 7

Cartilage plates that help ends of bones fit together better

Answer 7

Meniscus (menisci)

Question 8

Cranial cructiate runs _____ in the knee

Answer 8

(From bottom) cranial to caudal

Question 9

The caudal cruciate in the knee runs_____

Answer 9

Caudal to cranial ( from bottom)

Question 10

Fluid in a joint is called

Answer 10

Synovial fluid

Question 11

What to do if cruciate ligaments get torn

Answer 11

Get a drawer sign

Question 12

How to do a drawer sign

Answer 12

Bend leg slightly and nice femur and tibia in opposite directions to see if loose

Question 13

Damage to a joint leads to

Answer 13

Arthritis or DJD (degenerative joint disease)

Question 14

Arthritis is also called

Answer 14

DJD, degenerative joint disease

Question 15

When bacteria gets into a joint

Answer 15

Septic arthritis

Question 16

Puncture into a joint can cause what kind of infection

Answer 16

Exogenous

Question 17

A navel infections is a

Answer 17

Endogenous infection

Question 18

Why it’s hard to treat joint infections w antibiotics

Answer 18

Hard for antibiotics to get into joint cavity

Question 19

How many patellar tendons humans, dogs, and cats have

Answer 19

1

Question 20

The patellar tendon attached the

Answer 20

Patella to the tibia

Question 21

How many patellar branches horses have

Answer 21

3

Question 22

How the stay apparatus works in horses

Answer 22

The medial and middle ligaments lock over the medial knob of the trochlea

Question 23

How to fix a horse that can’t unlock its patella

Answer 23

Back it up, in chronic cases cut the medial patellar tendon

Question 24

Word for dislocation

Answer 24

Luxation

Question 25

Partial dislocation

Answer 25

Subluxation

Question 26

Arthritis definition

Answer 26

Inflammation or infection of a joint

Question 27

Define sprain

Answer 27

Stretching of ligaments around a joint

Question 28

Define OCD

Answer 28

Osteochondrosis dessicans

Degeneration of articular cartilage in the joint

Question 29

OCD is common in

Answer 29

Young, dogs and horses

Question 30

DJD

Answer 30

Degenerative joint disease

Another name for arthritis.

Question 31

Genetic and nutritional disease esp. of large and giant breed dogs.
Acetabulum too shallow, femoral head too flat.

Answer 31

Hip dysplasia

Question 32

CCL and ACL

Answer 32

Caudal cruciate ligament and anterior cruciate ligament (cranial)

Question 33

Conservative treatment for injured ACL or CCL

Answer 33

Weight loss, NSAID (anti inflammatory drug), exercise modification

Question 34

Secondary injury to untreated ACL or CCL injury

Answer 34

Tear in meniscal cartilage

Osteoarthritis

Question 35

How to fix patellar luxation

Answer 35

Use wire to place tendon over patella so won’t pop out

Question 36

Subluxations can be fixed by a

Answer 36

Chiropractor

Question 37

What arthritis looks like on an X-ray

Answer 37

Short little spurs develop in joint

Question 38

A bowed tendon

Answer 38

Inflammation of a tendon in a horse, heals w a “bowed” appearance