Module 5: Bones-Appendicular-Hindlimb Flashcards
Os coxa
Pelvis
Long and narrow for muscle attachment
3 bones-ilium, ischium, pubis
Acetabulum/acetabular fossa
Hip socket
Iliac crest
Protruding hip of an animal
Thicker from ventral to dorsal
Gluteal surface
Lateral/external surface of the ilium
Attachment of gluteal muscles
Slightly concave on cranial half, can be buttressed
Sacropelvic surface
Medial/internal surface of os coxa
Auricular surface
Found on the sacropelvic surface, articulation for the sacrum, little mobility, fused often
Arcuate line
Extends centrally from apex of auricular surface
Extends to iliopubic eminence (cranial to junction of ilium) and iliopubic ramus
Greater ischiatic notch
Caudal dorsal iliac spine demarcates the cranial aspect
Ischatic spine marks the caudal aspect
Ischium
Thickened and roughened
Ischial tuberosity
Thickest aspect on the caudo-dorsal aspect
Buttressing often found
Hooks laterally
Ischiopubic ramus
How ischium connects to pubis
Broad flat
Pubic symphysis
Where the os coxae meet
Limited mobility
Often fuses
Iliopubic ramus
Connects pubis and ilium thicker, more circular
Obturator foramen
Typically covered by a membrane to hold pelvic organs in
Nerves and blood vessels pass through
Siding the os coxa
Looking at acetabulum with ilium up, pubic symphysis on side it belongs, as well as acetabular notch opens to the side
Looking at auricular surface with iliac crest up, auricular surface sort of rounded and comes to a “point” towards opposite side
Looking at ischial tuberosity with ilium up, tuberosity leans towards the side
Femur
Femoral head articulates with acetabulum, much rounder/ball-shaped than humeral head, more rotation allowed
Oriented medially
Middle of head-fovea capitis-small depression for ligament from acetabular notch of os coxae
Lateral to head-greater trochanter, distal to head-lesser trochanter
Trochanteric fossa-large depression between the greater trochanter and femoral head
Between greater and lesser trochanters is the intertrochanteric crest