The Skeletal System

Question 1

Skeletal

Answer 1

Jointed framework of bones

Question 2

Osteology

Answer 2

Study of bones

Question 3

Axial skeleton

Answer 3

These bones are on or close to the midline axis of the body and include the skull, vertebrae, and ribs.

Question 4

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 4

These bones project from the body in the pectoral (front) and pelvic (hind) limbs and body, through the bones of the girdles.

Question 5

Cranium

Answer 5

The portion of the skull that encloses the brain

Question 6

Mandible

Answer 6

Lower jaw

Question 7

Maxilla

Answer 7

Upper jaw

Question 8

Orbit

Answer 8

Eye sockets

Question 9

Ribs

Answer 9

• Flat, curved bones.
• Attached dorsally to the thoracic vertebrae
• Floating ribs

Question 10

Sternum

Answer 10

• Manibrium
• Body
• Xiphoid process

Question 11

Vertebral column

Answer 11

Supports the head and body, and provides protection for the spinal cord

Question 12

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 12

• 7 in mammals
• Atlas
• Axis

Question 13

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 13

-13 in the dog and cat

Question 14

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 14

7 in the dog and cat

Question 15

Sacral vertebrae

Answer 15

Fused 3 vertebrae

Question 16

Coccygeal vertebrae

Answer 16

Depending on tail length

Question 17

Front limb

Answer 17

• Scapula
• Humerus
• Ulna
• Clavicle
• Radius
• Carpal bones
• Metacarpal bones (cannon bones in livestock)
• Phalanges

Question 18

P1

Answer 18

Long pastern bone in livestock

Question 19

P2

Answer 19

Short pastern bone in livestock

Question 20

P3 (livestock)

Answer 20

Coffin bone. Attached to the hooves

Question 21

P3 (Small animals)

Answer 21

May be called the claw or nail.

Question 22

Hind limbs

Answer 22

• Pelvis
• Femur
• Patella
• Fibula
• Tarsal bones
• Phalanges
• Metatarsal bones (cannon bone in livestock)

Question 23

Pelvic bones

Answer 23

• Lium
• Ischium
• Pubis
• Acetabulum (the bony part of the socket joint)