Q&A Joints-Skeleton-Overview

Question 0

List the joints of the manus and the bones they are between

Answer 0

• Carpus:
• Antebrachiocarpal (radius and ulna carpal bones)
• Middle carpal (proximal and distal carpal rows)
• Carpometacarpal joints (distal carpal and metacarpal bones)
• Metacarophalangeal joints (metacarpal bone and a proximal phylanx)
• Proximal interdigital joint: middle and distal phalanges

Question 1

What is the configuration of the shoulder joint

Answer 1

ball and socket joint (spheroidal)

Question 2

With what do the proximal ends of the ribs articulate? Distal ends?

Answer 2

Thoracic vertebrae; sternum

Question 3

Name the fibrocartilages between the bodies of the adjacent vertebrae

Answer 3

Intervertebral disc

Question 4

What elastic connective tissue structure attaches the 1st thoracic spine of the axis (c2) in the dog. In the cat?

Answer 4

Nuchal ligament, there isn’t one

Question 5

What elastic tissue fills the dorsal space (interarcuate space) between the arches of adjacent vertebrae

Answer 5

Ligamentum flavum, interarcucate, or yellow ligament

Question 6

What connects the head of the pair of opposite ribs, crossing the dorsal part of the intervertebral disc

Answer 6

Intercapital ligament

Question 7

What is the relatively immovable joint between the sacrum and ilium

Answer 7

Sacroiliac joint

Question 8

Name the ball-and-socket joint of the pelvic limb

Answer 8

Hip joint, coxofemoral, or coxal joint

Question 9

What are the fibrocartilaginous disc between the condyles of the femur and tibia

Answer 9

Medial and lateral menisci

Question 10

How are the cruciate ligaments and that attach the femur and the tibia named

Answer 10

For their attachment to the tibia

Question 11

List the four main joints of the hock/tarsus

Answer 11

Tibiotarsal, tarsocrural or talocrural joimt.
Proximal intertarsal joint
Distal Intertarsal joint
Tarsometatarsal joint