Cat Skeletal System Part One

Nasoturbinates

occipital bone (cat)

nasal bone (dorsal view)

1

nasal bone (lateral view)

3

lacrimal bone (lateral view)

4

vomer

encompasses the presphenoid

premaxilla (dorsal view)

9

premaxilla (ventral view)

1

premaxilla (lateral view)

15

maxilla (dorsal view)

10

maxilla (ventral view)

3

maxilla (lateral view)

16

zygomatic bone (dorsal view)

13

right zygomatic bone

Lateral view of the ______

frontal bone (dorsal view)

3 (there are two!)

frontal bone (lateral view)

5

parietal bone (dorsal view)

7

parietal bone (lateral view)

10

temporal bone (lateral view)

12

interparietal bone (dorsal view)

8

interparietal bone (caudal view)

palatine (ventral view)

6

dentary (mandible)

alisphenoid (ventral view, they are the wings)

10

alisphenoid (lateral view)

8

zygomatic arch (dorsal view)

14

temporal fenestra (dorsal view)

5

eye orbit

12

right medial

_____ view of mandible

intermandibular symphysis

red

external auditory meatus

24

optic foramen

20

occipital condyles (ventral view)

19

occipital condyles (lateral view)

28

foramen magnum (ventral view)

18

frontal suture

4

sagital suture

16

coronal suture

15

sagital crest

17

lambdoidal ridge

18

incisors

blue

Canine

Yellow

Premolars

Green

Molar

Pink

Atlas (ventral view)

Prezygapophysis of the atlas (opens in)

Green

Postzygapophysis of atlas (opens out)

Red

Transverse process of atlas

Blue

Axis

Odontoid process

Purple

Prezygapophysis

Green

Postzygapophysis

Red

Transverse process

Blue

Spinous process

White

Cervical vertebra (anterior view)

Thoracic vertebra

Prezygapophysis

Green

Postzygapophysis

Red

Transverse process

Blue

Spinous process

White

Lumbar vertebra (lateral view)

Pleurapophysis

*fused with ribs

Sacrum (dorsal view)

Caudal vertebra

Sternum

Ribs (caudal view)

capitulum (articulates with the parapophysis) and tuberculum (withe diapophysis) in regards to necturus, for the cat only Pleurapophysis in the lumbar