OSPE Anatomy Flashcards
In which direction do the fibres run in the external oblique muscle?
Caudoventrally (from cranial to caudal)
Where do the cranial 2 pairs of mammary glands receive their blood supply from?
Where do the caudal 3 pairs receive their blood supply from?
Superficial cranial epigastric artery (branch of internal thoracic artery)
Superficial caudal epigastric artery (branch of external pudendal artery)
In which direction do the fibres run in the internal oblique muscle?
Cranioventrally (from caudal to cranial)
Which ligament runs within the falciform ligament in the bitch?
Round ligament (remnant of umbilical vein)
What is the name of the potential space between the 2 layers of greater omentum?
Omental bursa
What is the name of the only opening to the omental bursa?
Where is it situated in the abdomen and what is it bordered by?
Epiploic foramen
Cranioventral abdomen
Bordered by hepatic portal vein, liver and caudal vena cava
The mesentery of the jejunum contains many what?
Lymph nodes
Situated near the body wall
Associated with the blood vessels that drain the gut
How can you identify the ileum from the jejunum?
Short (15cm)
Only part of intestines to have antimesenteric blood vessels
What shape is the colon?
Question mark
Of the 2 kidneys, which is more cranial?
Right
Where are the adrenal glands?
They lie craniomedially to their respective kidney
What is the function of the platysma muscle?
Which nerve innervates it?
Draws the commisure of the lips caudally
Cervical branch of facial
What kind of salivary gland is the parotid salivary gland?
Serous
What kind of salivary glands are the mandibular, sublingual and zygomatic glands?
Mixed
The mandibular lymph nodes lie either side of which vein?
Facial vein
Where is the zygomatic salivary gland located?
Base of the orbit, medial to the zygomatic arch
In the radius, is the styloid process situated medially or laterally?
Medially
Why do horses have very large transverse processes?
To support the large GI tract
On the humerus, is the trochlea situated medially or laterally?
Medially
In the dog, which process prevents backwards movement of the jaw?
Retroarticular process
What part of the humerus does the radius articulate with?
Trochlea and capitulum
Of the tibia and fibula, which is medial?
Tibia
What are the 2 components of an invertebral disc?
Nucleus pulposus (soft centre) Annulus fibrosis (dense fibrous tissue)
What is the large hole lateral to the tympanic bulla?
External auditory meatus