Quiz 1 Flashcards
Median
divides body longitudinally equally
Lateral/Sagital
Divides body longitudinally
Transverse plane
cuts across laterally
Dorsal plane
cuts body into ventral and dorsal parts
Dorsal
Towards the back of an animal
Ventral
Towards the belly of an animal
Medial
Towards the body midline/center
Lateral
Towards the sides of the body
Cranial
Towards the head
Caudal
Towards the tail
Rostral
Towards the nose
Palmar
Surface contact area of forepaw
Plantar
Surface contact area of hindpaw
Proximal
Towards an origin or closest to the body midline
Distal
Farther away from an origin or the body midline
Superficial
Towards the surface
Deep
Away from the surface
Origin
Proximal attachment, part that moves the least
Insertion
Distal attachment, part that moves the most (often tendon/aponeurosis extending from muscle to bone)
Cutaneous Trunci
- Thin sheet of muscle covering most of thorax/abdomen
- Twitches the skin
- Males: muscle fibers form preputial muscle
Platysma
Cutaneous muscle of neck/head
Parts of the superficial pectoral
descending pectoral
transverse pectoral
Parts of the brachiocephalicus
cleidobrachialis
cleidocephalicus pars cervicalis
celidocephalicus pars mastoidea
Parts of the sternocephalicus
mastoid part
occipital part
Parts of the trapezius
cervical
thoracic
Parts of the rhomboideus
capitis
cervicis
thoracis
Parts of serratus ventralis
cervicis
thoracis
Parts of the triceps brachii
long head
lateral head
accessory head
medial head
Muscles that move the head
- Cleidocephalicus par mastoidea
- Sternocephalicus (mastoid and occipital)
- Rhomboideus (capitis, cervicis, thoracis)
Muscles that stabilize the shoulder
- Infraspinatus
- Supraspinatus
- Subscapularis
- Coracobrachialis