Lab Practical - Skeleton

Define the following bone features:

Process

Fossa

Foramen

Facet

Condyle

Landmark

Axial

Apendicular

Process - sticky outy bit

Fossa - large depression, where muscle usually sits

Foramen - hole for vessels

Facet - joint of carpus/tarsus or vertebrae

Condyle - rounded protuberance/process

Landmark - distinct feature/reference point

Axial - Central axis, includes skull, ribs, sternum vertebral column

Appendicular - Includes thoracic and pelvic limb

Occipital Condyle

Parietal bone(s)

Tympanic bulla

Temporal bone

Occipital bone(s)

Incisive bone

Orbit

Frontal bone

Zygomatic bone

Occipital bone

Maxilla

Occipital Condyles

Nasal bone

External auditory meatus

Temporal bone

Tympanic bulla

Parietal bone

Incisive bone

Tympanic bulla

Zygomatic arch

Occipital bone

Occipital condyle

Maxilla

Foramen magnum

Choana

Turbinates

Mandibular Symphasis

Nasal Septum

Choana

Turbinates

Mandibular Symphasis

Nasal Septum

Choana

Turbinates

Mandibular Symphasis

Nasal Septum

What are the Nasal Planum and Nares of the nose?

Nasal Plunum = hairless, moist tip of nose

Nares = nostrils

What’s the scientific name for a cats whiskers?

Vibrissa

Spinous process

Transverse process

Vertebral foramen

Body

Arch

Costal cartilage

Costochondral junction

Head

Manubrium 

Xyphoid

Sternebrea

Costal cartilage

Costochondral junction

Head

Manubrium 

Xyphoid

Sternebrea

Spine

Glenoid cavity

Acromion

Greater Tubercle

Olecranon fossa

Head

Neck

Condyle

Epicondyle

Deltoid Tuberosity

Styloid process

Head

Neck

Tronchlear/Semilunar notch

Anconeal process

Olecranon process

Styloid process

The following is a digram of the 

Carpus/Metacarpals/Phalanges

Try to know the special terms for horses/cows too

Ilium

Wing of ilium

Pubis

Acetabulum

Obturator foramen

Ischium

Pubic Symphysis

Trochlea

Head of fibula

Tibial crest

Patella

Shaft of tibia/fibula

Lateral malleolus

Medium malleolus

Know Calcaneal tuberosity (tuber calcis)

Know metacarples, phalanges, numbers and for hose/cow