Skeleton - Mammals

Question 1

Has reduced neural spines and transverse processes

Answer 1

Last thoracic vertebrae

Question 2

Ribs that are independently attached to the breastbone

Answer 2

True ribs

Question 5

Fits into the ring of the atlas, allowing the turning of the head; centrum of atlas in reptiles

Answer 5

Odontoid process

Question 7

Consist of a bony vertebral rib and a cartilaginous sterna rib or costal cartilage

Answer 7

Ribs

Question 8

Condition wherein both centrum ends are flat

Answer 8

Amphiplatyan

Question 9

Occur in the cervical vertebrae of ungulates

Answer 9

Opisthocoelous centra

Question 10

Outer ends articulate with the tubercula of the ribs

Answer 10

Diapophyses

Question 11

Hypocentrum

Answer 11

Median ventral region

Question 12

How many lumbar vertebrae?

Answer 12

7

Question 13

Small, slender bones imbedded in muscle (pectoral girdle)

Answer 13

Clavicles

Question 14

Fused diapophysis and rib

Answer 14

Pleurapophyses

Question 15

Supports the hind limb

Answer 15

Sacrum

Question 17

How many thoracic vertebrae in cat?

Answer 17

13

Question 18

Homologous to hypocentra of reptiles

Answer 18

Invertebral cartilages

Question 19

2nd carpale

Answer 19

Lesser multiangular

Question 20

Where the spinal nerves pass out from the spinal cord

Answer 20

Invertebral foramina

Question 21

Hypocentra in reptiles

Answer 21

Chevron bones

Question 22

Triangular in form w/ an apex articulating with the humerus

Answer 22

Scapula

Question 23

1st sternebrae that articulates w/ the 1st thoracic rib at its center

Answer 23

Manubrium

Question 24

Constitute the body of the sternum

Answer 24

2nd-7th sternebrae

Question 25

Occupies neural canal

Answer 25

Spinal cord

Question 26

Part of the caudal vertebrae that consists only of centra

Answer 26

Last vertebrae

Question 27

Serve as points of muscle attachment (forelimb)

Answer 27

Ridges or crests

Question 28

Sesamoid bone (bone formed in a tendon)

Answer 28

Pisiform

Question 29

How many sternebrae are there in the cat?

Answer 29

8

Question 30

Articulates with the trochlea of the humerus

Answer 30

Semilunar notch

Question 31

Triquetral bone

Answer 31

Ulnare

Question 32

1st carpale

Answer 32

Greater multiangular

Question 33

4th and 5th carpale fused

Answer 33

Hamate

Question 34

5 digits whose terminal phalanges support the horny claws

Answer 34

Metacarpals

Question 36

What comprises the innominate bone or hip bone

Answer 36

Ilium + ischium + pubis

Question 37

What does the ischiac and pubic symphysis consist of in real life?

Answer 37

Cartilage

Question 38

Serves to receive one end of the clavicle

Answer 38

Acromion process

Question 39

Meets at the acetabulum

Answer 39

Ilium, ischium, pubis

Question 40

Sere for muscle attachments (hind limb)

Answer 40

Greater and lesser trochanter

Question 41

How many ankle bones do cat have?

Answer 41

7

Question 42

Consists of 4 long metatarsals and 1 rudimentary one

Answer 42

Sole

Question 43

Articulates with the sacrum

Answer 43

Ilium

Question 44

Largest and most conspicuous ankle bone

Answer 44

Calcaneus or fibulare

Question 45

Ankle bone that articulates with the malleoli of the tibia and fibula

Answer 45

Astralugus or talus

Question 46

1 or 2 centralia (ankle bone)

Answer 46

Navicular or scaphoid

Question 47

Ankle bone articulating w/ the 4th and 5th metatarsal

Answer 47

Cuboid

Question 48

3rd tarsale; articulating w/ 3rd metatarsal

Answer 48

Third or lateral cuneiform

Question 49

2nd tarsale; articulating w/ 2nd metatarsal

Answer 49

Second or intermediate cuneiform

Question 50

Gait of cat

Answer 50

Digitigrade

Question 51

Describe the terminal phalanges

Answer 51

Beak shaped = support horny claws

Question 52

Where the bases of the claws fit

Answer 52

Sheaths at the bases of the soles

Question 53

1st tarsale; articulates w/ 1st metatarsal

Answer 53

First or medial cuneiform

Question 54

3rd carpale

Answer 54

Capitate

Question 55

Articulates with the distal end of the radius

Answer 55

Scapholunar

Question 57

Last sternebrae that terminates in a xiphoid or ensiform cartilage

Answer 57

Xiphisternum

Question 58

False ribs that are unattached

Answer 58

Floating ribs