Language of Anatomy

Question 1

What type of stance are veterinary positions based off of?

Answer 1

Platigrade stance with all limbs in pronation (Palms of hands and soles of feet on ground) - (inward rotation)

Question 2

Axial Appendicular

Answer 2

Girdles of the body - point of connection

Question 3

Axial Abaxial

Answer 3

Central stuff - skull, spinal chord, rib cage etc.

Question 4

Visceral

Answer 4

Membranous covering of organs/peritoneum - bit against the organs

Question 5

Parietal

Answer 5

Bit against the body wall on the inside

Question 6

What are the components of the vertebral column?

Answer 6

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, caudal

Question 7

How do you decide the direction of movement of a limb?

Answer 7

Think about when the animal is lying down and the limbs fold up - if it extends the opposite direction to stand = hyperextension

Question 8

What are the different planes?

Answer 8

Median, Sagittarius, Transverse, Frontal

Question 9

Associated names of bones

Answer 9

Osteo- or os

Question 10

Joints

Answer 10

Arthr- articular

Question 11

Cartilage

Answer 11

Chondro

Question 12

Muscles

Answer 12

Myo- mysium-

Question 13

Ligaments

Answer 13

-ligamentum

Question 14

Tendons

Answer 14

Tend- teno-

Question 15

Fascia

Answer 15

Endo-, peri-, epi-, fascial

Question 16

Nerves

Answer 16

Neuro-, -neurium

Question 17

Blood vessels

Answer 17

Phleb-

Question 18

Skin

Answer 18

-derm (L), cutaneous (G), -thelium

Question 19

Lymph nodes

Answer 19

-lymphatic

Question 20

Mesentery

Answer 20

Meso-, peri-

Question 21

Epi

Answer 21

Upon

Question 22

Peri

Answer 22

Around

Question 23

Endo

Answer 23

Within

Question 24

Dia

Answer 24

Between

Question 25

Meta

Answer 25

Change/after

Question 26

Infra

Answer 26

Beneath

Question 27

Sub

Answer 27

Under

Question 28

Supra

Answer 28

Above

Question 29

Ante

Answer 29

Before

Question 30

Anti

Answer 30

Against