Regional Anatomic Terms

Question 1

barrel

Answer 1

truck of the body formed by the ribcage and abdomen

Question 2

brisket

Answer 2

ventral base of the neck between the front legs

Question 3

cannon

Answer 3

large metacarpal or metatarsal of hoofed animals

Question 4

fetlock

Answer 4

joint between cannon bone and proximal phlanax of hoofed animals

Question 5

flank

Answer 5

lateral surgave of abdomen between last rib and the hind leg

Question 6

hock

Answer 6

tarsus

Question 7

knee

Answer 7

carpus of hoofed animals

Question 8

muzzle

Answer 8

rostral part of face formed mainly by the maxillary and nasal bones

Question 9

pastern

Answer 9

area proximal phalanx of hoofed animals

Question 10

poll

Answer 10

top of the head between the bases of the ears

Question 11

stifle

Answer 11

joint equivalent to the human knee

Question 12

tailhead

Answer 12

dorsal part of the base of the tail

Question 13

withers

Answer 13

area dorsal to scapulas

Question 14

dorsal body cavity

Answer 14

contains the cranial and spinal cavities; the central nervous system

Question 15

ventral body cavity

Answer 15

contains thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity separated by the diaphram; the viscera of the body

Question 16

cranial cavity

Answer 16

houses the brain or the cranium

Question 17

spinal cavity

Answer 17

includes the spinal cord and its vertebrea

Question 18

thoracic cavity

Answer 18

the heart, lungs, esophagus, and blood vessels

Question 19

abdominal cavity

Answer 19

contains the digestuve, urinary, and reproductive organs