Musculoskeletal

Question 1

What action does muscle B have on the carpus in the canine forelimb?

Answer 1

Flexion

Question 2

You have been called to a down cow. She had a difficult calving and is now doing the splits with her hindlimbs. What nerve is affected?

Answer 2

Obturator

Question 3

Contrast radiograph of the foot of a horse that has stood on a nail. What synovial structure is highlighted by the contrast medium?

Answer 3

Navicular bursa

Question 4

What is the most commonly used vessel for a venous blood sample from a dog’s forelimb?

Answer 4

Cephalic vein

Question 5

What group of muscles have their distal attachment (insertion) on bony landmark A in the dog?

Answer 5

Gluteal muscles

Question 6

What radio graphic view is being taken of this horses foot?

Answer 6

Latero-medial

Question 7

What group of muscles lie under the skin in region A?

Answer 7

Hamstrings

Question 8

You find swelling and tenderness around the supraglenoid tubercle in a lame agility dog. What muscle has its proximal attachment (origin) here?

Answer 8

Biceps brachii

Question 9

You are called out to examine a wound on a horses leg. The owner says it is over the right fetlock joint of the hindlimb. What joint is this?

Answer 9

Metatarsophalangeal joint

Question 10

In a dog with an atrophied triceps muscle due to elbow dysplasia, what movement is likely to be compromised?

Answer 10

Elbow extension

Question 11

Pressure on the underlying tissue from what structure results in the development of a sole ulcer in cattle?

Answer 11

Flexor process of P3

Question 12

A kitten has a bite wound to the left axilla, is unable to flex her elbow and has no sensation medially on the upper limb. What nerve is damaged?

Answer 12

Musculocutaneous nerve

Question 13

Identify muscle A

Answer 13

Temporalis

Question 14

What part of the equine passive stay apparatus is B?

Answer 14

Lacertus fibrosus

Question 15

What is the innervation of muscles inserting at A?

Answer 15

Radial N.