Vertebrae Flashcards
What is the mneumonicn to remember vertaebrae
For breakfast at 7 I eat Cereal (cervical- 7)
I eat Lunch at 13 (thoracic- 13)
I slumber after dinner at 7 (lumbar- 7)
Sacrum- 3
What is the Xiphoid of sternum and where is it
a small, triangular part of the sternum that starts out as cartilage and eventually hardens as a person age
Most caudal sternabrae
How many ribs does a dog typically have
26 (13 pairs)
What are spinal processes?
a small, wing-like projection of bone that points outward from each vertebra along the spine
What cervical vertebrae has the largest transverse process in dogs?
CV 6
What are widest parts of a dogs skeleton?
Head and shoulders
Why do brachephalic dogs have problems giving birth
due to the puppies’ heads and shoulders being much wider than the mother’s hips and birth canal
How much of dogs body weight is distributed through forelimbs?
60%
How many of each section of the skeleton does a horse have?
Cervical- 7
Thoracic- 18
Lumbar- 6
