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Swine Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Vertebral formula

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C7-> T13-> L6/7-> S4-> Cd20-23

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2
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of digits

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4

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3
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Age of slaughter

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6-8 mos

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Carpal glands

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  • apocrine
  • secrete pheromones (territory; mark sows during copulation)
  • on ventral aspect of forelimb
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5
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Snout

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  • rostral bone: supports snout
  • rostral plate
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6
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Clin sig of rostral plate

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Rings prevent rooting

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7
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Mammary glands

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  • 7 pairs
  • lymph drains to superficial cervical and superficial inguinal centers
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Head

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  • brain protected by 2 plates
  • clin sig: humane slaughter= electrocution or CO2 b/c double plating makes it hard to stun by hammer or bolt
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Dentition

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  • C3, I1, P4, M3 (x2= one arcade)
  • females stop tusk growth @ 2 mos
  • boars never stop tusk growth
  • tusks=canines
  • Clin sig: clipping of needle teeth
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Larynx

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  • forms obtuse angle w/ trachea
  • clin sig: difficult to intubate
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Venipuncture

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  • caudal vein of the helix: IV injections; blood sampling in adults
  • cranial vena cava
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Cranial vena cava

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  • 2nd site for venipuncture
  • Clin sig: don’t use left side b/c will hit phrenic n.
  • Borders: insert in depression between manubrium and point of right shoulder
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13
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IM/SQ Injections

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  • Clin sig: no injections in neck or back b/c valuable parts of carcass
  • give injections in neck
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14
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Mandibular lymph ctr

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  • 6 principal nodes
  • 4 accessory nodes
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15
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Retropharyngeal ctr

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  • 2 lateral
  • 1 middle
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16
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Superficial cervical center

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  • dorsal
  • middle
  • ventral
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17
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Deep cervical center

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Along internal jugular v.

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18
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Tracheal bronchus

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  • ventilates R cranial lobe
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19
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Basal border

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4-12 ICS

20
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Line of pleural reflection

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6th-14th ICS

21
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Thoracocentesis

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  • 6th to 7th ICS
  • either side
22
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Dorsal thoracic nodes

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  • close to aorta
  • drains dorsal part of thoracic wall and mediastinum
23
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Ventral thoracic nodes

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  • sternal nodes
  • drains ventral part of thoracic wall and 1st 2-3 pairs of mamary glands
24
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Cranial mediastinal nodes

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  • cranially to base of heart
  • drains neck and mediastinal contents
  • efferents open in veins and thoracic duct
25
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Caudal mediastinal nodes

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  • caudally to base of heart; inconsistent
  • drains adjacent structures
  • efferents open in dorsal thoracic nodes and tracheobronchal nodes
26
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Azygous v.

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Only have 1 on the left

27
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Bronchial center

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  • aka tracheobronchal nodes
  • drains lungs, heart, and pericardium
28
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Stomach

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  • glandular and non-glandular mucosa
  • clin sig: pigs have gastric diverticulum
29
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Jejunum

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Mainly in R half

30
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Large intestine

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  • sacculated
  • cecum: 3 teniae; below L kidney; continous w/ colon
  • colon: 2 teniae (centripetal loops); centripetal and centrifugal coils make ventrally pointed cone
31
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Kidneys

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  • similar to humans
  • in roof of abdominal cavity
32
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Pelvis

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  • tuber ischi and body of ischium rarely unite in pigs
  • this incomplete fusion = detachment of tuber ischii
33
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Pelvis (female)

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  • suburethral diverticulum
  • clin sig: makes if difficult to catheterize the bladded
34
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Pelvis (males)

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  • dorsal urethral recess
  • clin sig: hard to catheterize
35
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Placentation type

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Diffuse

36
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Uterine tube

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  • looks like intestines
  • clin sig: hydrosalpinx
37
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Cervix

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  • no fornix
  • continuous w/ vagina
38
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Puberty @

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6 mos

39
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Pregnancy length

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5 months

40
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Type of castration used for old boars

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Opened

41
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Scrotum

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  • perineal position
  • dorsocaudally pointed epidiymis tail
42
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Testes and epididymis

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  • castration @ 2-4 days old
  • castration prevents androstenone taint of flesh and skatole
43
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Male reproductive organs

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  • no ampullae
  • body and disseminate prostate
44
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Penis

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  • sigmoid flex.
  • spiral apex
45
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Prepuce

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  • dorsal diverticulum
  • contains smelly fluid made of cell debris soaked in urine that contains pheromones and is released before copulation

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