Practice Quiz from Skeletal and Muscle Systems Flashcards
The most caudal of the sternabra
xiphoid process
The “pacemaker” of the heart is the sinoatrial node located in the wall of the
right atrium
____refers to either extremity of a long bone.
CHECK
makes up the hooks
CHECK
The contracting unit of a skeletal muscle is the
sarcomere
___is the second of the cervical vertebrae.
the axis
___a mature bone cell
osteocyte
Believed to be the vestigial remnants of carpal and tarsal bones or extra toes possessed by ancestors of the modern horse.
ergots
____dense or cortical bone.
Compact bone
Cardiac muscle is classified as
involuntary striated muscle
Joint 12 of the cow
CHECK
identify vertebrae, region of the cow
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_____ refers to either extremity of a long bone.
epiphysis
____ area dorsal to the scapulas.
withers
In muscle the source of a phosphate molecule needed to recharge an ADP molecule to an ATP molecule is
creatine phosphate
Believed to be the vestigial remnants of metacarpal and metatarsal pads located behind the fetlocks of all equids.
ergots
spongy bone
cancellous
cylindrical shaft of a long bone.
diaphysis
The internal abdominal oblique muscle is partially named based on
the direction its fibers run
A skeletal muscle that contracts at the same time as the prime mover muscle and assists in carrying out the prime mover’s action is a/an
synergist