Lab Practical 3 on Cats Flashcards
nostrils of the cat
External Nares
the trench between the cats gums/teeth and its lips
Oral Vestibule
attaches the tounge to the floor of the oral cavity
Lingual Frenulum
The thing that takes up the cats oral sinus
Tongue
made up of the cat’s maxilla and palatine bone, the roof of the mouth
Hard Palate
the soft tissue on the roof of the mouth just between the oral and nasal sinuses
Soft Palate
the tube that runs from the back of the nose, the mouth, and throat
Pharynx
the passageway at the back of the throat up to the nasal cavity
Nasopharynx
small bumps in the soft palate of the cat
Palatine Tonsils
the longer bumps on the back of the cats tongue
Lingual Tonsils
the “wind pipe”
Larynx
the flap of skin that covers the wind pipe, like a valve
Epiglottis
the opening into the wind pipe
Rima glottidis
third level of cartilage surrounding the cats trachea
Thyroid cartilage
level of cartilage that is immediately superior to the cats trachea
cricoid cartilage
cartilage on the outside of the rima glottidis and the wind pipe, surrounded by cricoid cartilage
arytenoid catilages
the “superior” bumps/bands on the inside of the larynx, just under the epiglottis
false vocal cords
the “inferior” bumps/bands on the inside of the larynx
true vocal cords
i think it is the chest cavity
thorax
the lining of the rib cage
parietal pleura
the lining covering of the lungs
visceral pleura
the membrane sealed area where the heart is
pleural cavity
the striped tube in the cats neck
trachea
the clear bands on the trachea
tracheal cartilages
the tube that comes down the throat and into the top of the stomach
esophagus
the fatty thing that runs on top of the heart into the neck area
thymus
the thing that pumps blood in our bodies
Heart
the muscular divider of the thoracic and abdominal cavities
Diaphram
the tiny little string flesh-colored tube that runs from behind the heard down thru the diaphragm
Phrenic nerve
the lung on the right side of the cat, 4 lobes
Right Lung
right side of the cats heart, the most superior lung lobe
The superior lobe of the right lung
right side of the cat, the middle top lung lobe
middle lobe of the right lung
right side of the cat, the middle bottom lung lobe
inferior lobe of the right lung
the very bottom lobe of the right lung
accessory lobe of the right lung
the cat lung with only 3 lobes on the left side of the cat
left lung
very top lobe on the left cat lung
superior lobe of the left lung
middle lobe on the left cat lung
middle lobe of the left lung
bottom lobe on the left cat lung
inferior lobe of the left lung