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Veterinary Medical Terminology
Chapter Four
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Another term for the distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates is the
Coffin joint
The V shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof is known as the
Frog
The anatomical term for the top of the head is the
Poll
The common name for the tarsal joint in animals is the
Hock
The side of the body between the ribs and ilium is called the
Flank
The upper lip and apex of the nose of swine is called the
Snout
The two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip are called the
Muzzle
The proximal interphalangeal joint in ungulates is called the
Pastern joint
The protrusions of the ischium bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants are known as
Pins
The protrusions of the wing of the ilium on the dorsolateral area of ruminants are known as
Hooks
The hollow area of the flank is called the
Paralumbar fossa
The mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the cranioventral part of the ruminant chest
Brisket
The rudimentary first digit of dogs and cats is the
Dewclaw
The knee in people is known as what in animals?
Stifle joint
The
auricle
is also known as the
pinna
In swine, the external throat, especially when fat or loose skin is present is called the
Jowl
In equine, the region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie is called the
Withers
Ilium is to ischium as
Hooks to pins
The lumbar region of the back is called the
Loin
The lateral or medial side of the hoof is the
Quarter
The cranial side of the equine hoof is the
Toe
The mammary gland in cattle is the
Udder
The musculature of the upper thigh in swine is the
Ham
What is found in the chest or trunk area of a horse?
Barrel
What is the correct order of equine joints from proximal to distal?
Long
pastern
,
short pastern
,
coffin
The poll region between the eyes and ears of previous horn growth in goats is the
horn butt
The palmar or plantar surface of the hoof in livestock is the
sole
The hock is the
Tarsal joint
The pins are the protrusion of the
ischium
bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants.
The hooks are the protrusion of the wing of the
ilium
on the dorsolateral area of the ruminants.
The tail is the
caudal
part of the vertebral column
The rostroventral protrusion of the mandible in dogs and cats is the
chin.
The term
pedal
pertains to the foot.
The dock is the solid part of the
tail.
The heal is the caudal region of the hoof.
Heel
The soul is the bottom of the hoof in livestock
Sole
The lumber region of the back is the loin.
Lumbar
The femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds is known as the styfle.
Stifle
The outer ear in dogs and cats is the pina.
Pinna
The area of the limb between the fetlock and the hoof is the pasturn.
Pastern
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