Q&A Limbs-Palpation

Question 1

What is the proper name of the armpit

Answer 1

Axilla

Question 2

What is the proper name of the arm

Answer 2

brachium

Question 3

What is the proper name of the forearm

Answer 3

Antebrachium

Question 4

What structure does the carpus, metacarpus, and digits compose

Answer 4

Manus

Question 5

What is the area between the back legs and the stomach

Answer 5

Inguinal region

Question 6

Where would you find the tibia and fibula

Answer 6

Crus or true leg

Question 7

what is the distal part of the hind limb consisting of the tarsus, metatarsus, and digits called? what does it correspond in humans

Answer 7

Pes the human foot

Question 8

What is the thickening over the Palmer surface of the carpus

Answer 8

carpal pad

Question 9

What is the large, single, triangular-shaped pad palmar to the metocarpo/metatarsophalanges junction

Answer 9

Metacarpal/Metatarsal pad

Question 10

What are the pads on the dotal end of each digit

Answer 10

Digital Pads

Question 11

Name the rudimentary first digits on the fore- and sometimes hind limbs

Answer 11

Dewclaws

Question 12

What is the modified epidermis enclosing the dog’s ungual process

Answer 12

claw