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Module 2: Animals And Structures Flashcards

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Process

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Bony prominence

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Eminence

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Bony projection, not as prominent as process

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Spine

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Long, thin process

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Tuberosity

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Large, roughened eminence, often tendon/ligament attachment site

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Tubercle

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Small, roughened eminence

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Boss

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Smooth, round, broad eminence

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Articulation

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Area where adjacent bones are in contact; joint

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Condyle

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Rounded articular process

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Epicondyle

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Non-articulate projection adjacent to a condyle

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Head

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Large, round, usually articular end of a bone

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Shaft

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Long, straight section of bone

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Neck

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Section of bone between the head and shaft

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Torus

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Bony thickening

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Ridge

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Linear bone elevation

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Crest

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Sharp, thin bone ridge often found between adjacent muscle masses

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Line

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Raised linear surface not as thick as a torus or as sharp as a crest

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Facet

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Small articular surface

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Fossa

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A typically broad and shallow depressed area

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Fovea

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Pitlike depression, smaller than a fossa

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Groove

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Long pit or furrow

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Sulcus

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Long, wide groove

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Fontanelle

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Space between cranial bones of an infant or immature individual

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Suture

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Where adjacent bones of the skull meet or articulate

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Foramen

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An opening through a bone, usually a blood vessel/nerve passes through

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Canal

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Tunnel-like, extended foramen

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Meatus

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A short canal

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Sinus

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Cavity within a cranial bone

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Alveolus

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Tooth socket

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Which bone is the most diagnostic of a species?

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Skull

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30
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Bones can be what?

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Paired or unpaired

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Midline/axial bones tend to be what?

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Unpaired

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32
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Skull bones can be what?

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Paired or unpaired

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Cranium bones

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Major bones of mammal skulls, variation found in birds, reptiles, fish, etc.

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Paired bones of the Cranium

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Frontal (Unpaired in some species), Nasals, Maxillae, Pre-maxillae/incisives, lacrimals, parietal, temporals, zygomatics/jugals, palatines, pterygoid, mandible (often paired, can fuse), inferior nasal conchae

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Unpaired bones of the cranium

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Occipital complex-supraoccipital/exoccipital/basioccipital, sphenoid complex-prespenoid/basisphenoid, Vomer, Ethmoid

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Vertebra

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Cervical (usually 7)
Thoracic (usually 12-the ribs articulate)
Lumbar (usually 4-6)
Sacral (4-6 fused to form sacrum)
Coccygeal (varies)

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Clavicle

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Present in some mammals, maybe vestigial/absent.

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Os coxae

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Hip bones-sacrum and os coxae usually fuse

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Scapula

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Shoulder blade

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Humerus

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Radius

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Ulna

43
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What can the radius and ulna do in many species?

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Carpals

45
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8 carpals

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Radial (1)
Ulnar (1)
Intermediate (1-can fuse to radial)
Distal (2-4)
Accessory (1)

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Metacarpals

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Hand/forepaw, often 5, sometimes 1

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Phalanges

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Types of phalanges

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Proximal, intermediate, distal
Total: 14

49
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How many phalanges does the first digit have?

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2-proximal and distal

50
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Femur

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Tibia

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Fibula

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Lower leg-can be fused to tibia

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Tarsals

54
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7 tarsals

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Talus/astragalus (1)
Calcaneus (1)
Central (1)
Distal (2-4, can fuse)

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Metatarsals

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Foot/hind paw, often 5, sometimes 1

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Phalanges

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Toes, typically 14

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Diphyodont

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Two sets of teeth-deciduous and adult

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Polyphyodonts

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Multiple sets of teeth in a lifetime

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Teeth categories

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Incisors, canines, premolars, molars

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Heterodonts

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Animals with 2+ types of teeth

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Homodonts

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Animals with one type of tooth

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Incisors

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Small, chisel-shaped teeth with a single cusp and root; nipping, scraping and tearing

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Artiodactyls

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Even-toed ungulates (pigs, cattle, deer)

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Canines

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Conical and single cusped with a single root; puncture, hold, tear

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Premolars and molars

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Premolars-single/double rooted, narrow or elongated
Molars-2+ roots, rear of mouth, larger, square and wide
Chewing and grinding

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Dental formula

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I:C:P:M
i:c:p:m or d in front to signify deciduous
Total: teeth in formula x2
Ex: 1/1:0/0:2/1:3/3

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Horse’s first premolar

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Wolf teeth

68
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Dog 4th upper premolar and lower 1st molar

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Sectorial/carnassial teeth
Form shearing complex

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Supernumerary

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Additional teeth

70
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Do adults or young have more teeth in mammals?

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Adults-less deciduous teeth
Dogs have no 1st premolar or any molars

71
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Position of teeth indicated by:

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Numbers
Incisors 1-3
Canines 1
Premolars 1-4
Molars 1-4

72
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What do you place in front of tooth “number”

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R or L for right or left

73
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Superscript

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Subscript

75
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Dental #s simplified

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Start in upper right quadrant and end in lower right
101-110 right upper
201-210 left upper
301-311 left lower
401-411 right lower

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Cusps

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Occlusal projections on upper and lower molars

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Cusps on upper teeth

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Cusps on lower teeth

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Cusplets on upper teeth

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-style/-conule

80
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Cusplets on lower teeth

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-stylid/-conulid

81
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Protocone

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Mesiolingual cusp on upper molar, largest cusp

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Hypocone

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Distolingual cusp on upper molar

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Paracone

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Mesiobuccal cusp on upper molar

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Metacone

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Distobuccal cusp on upper molar

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Protoconid

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Mesiobuccal cusp on lower molar, largest cusp

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Hypoconid

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Distobuccal cusp on lower molar

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Metaconid

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Mesiolingual cusp on lower molar

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Entoconid

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Distolingual cusp on lower molar

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Hypoconulid

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Distalmost cusp on lower molar, highly variable

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Paraconid

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Mesialmost cusp on lower molar, highly variable even in a single individual

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