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Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards

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What is the most proximal bone on fore limb?

A

Scapula

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2
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What is the name of the scapula central ridge?

A

Scapular spine

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3
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What is the name for the distal end of the scapula?

A

Acromion

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4
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What bone forms the upper forelimb?

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Humerus

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5
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What bone is on the proximal end of the humerus?

A

Greater tubercle

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6
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What bone forms the point of the elbow?

A

Olecranon

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7
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What are the two parallel bones on the forelimb?

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Radius (cranial surface) and Ulna (caudal surface)

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8
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What bones are beneath the radius and ulna?

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Carpal (cranial) Accessory carpal bone (caudal)

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9
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What bones sit below the carpal bones?

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Metacarpal

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10
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What is the most distal bones forming the digits?

A

Phalanges (3 in each digit)

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11
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What bone forms the dorso cranial part of the pelvis?

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Ilium (attaches to spine)

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12
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What bone forms the caudal part of the pelvis?

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Ischium

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13
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What forms the ventro-medial part of the pelvis?

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Pubis

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14
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What is the name of the socket that forms the hip joint?

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Acetabulum

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15
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What are the large holes containing important vessels are nerves in the pelvis called?

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Obturator foramen

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16
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What is the most proximal bone attached to the pelvis?

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Greater trochanter

17
Q

What bone forms the thigh of the hindlimb?

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Femur (head forms femur to the hip joint)

18
Q

What bone is the distal end of the femur?

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Patella (cranial) fabella (caudal)

19
Q

What bones form the lower hindlimb?

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Tibia (cranial, medial) fibula (caudal, lateral)

20
Q

What is the name of the large crest part of the tibia?

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Tibial crest or tibial tuberosity

21
Q

What bone forms the hock?

22
Q

What bones are below the tibia and fibula?

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Tarsal bones (cranial) metatarsal bones (caudal)

23
Q

How many digits do guinea pigs have?

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A

4 on forelimb and 3 on hindlimb

24
Q

How many phalanges in each digit?

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