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Vetrinary Chapter 6
Bones
What are the kinds of bones? | Short,Long,Flat,Irregular and seasmoid |
examples of flat bones? | skull,pelvis,scapula and ribs |
3 regions of the long bone? | epiphysis,metaphysis and diaphysis |
5 fractures in animals? | Fissured,Greenstick,Transverse,Comminuted and Oblique |
what are ligments? | connects 1 bone to another |
tendons? | connects muscles to bones |
what is the epiphysis? | portoin of the bone covered with articular cartilage |
Diaphysis? | shaft of a long bone |
what is the synovial? | thick tranparent fluid that is found in joints resembles egg whites |
act of bending? | flexion |
act of strecthing out? | extension |
abduction | taking away from |
adduction | taking towards |
what is the endosteum? | membrane that lines the wall to medullary cavity |
another name for shoulder joint? | scapulohumeral |
Depressed area that is often found on the flat bone | Fossa |
Two major categories of fractures? | simple and compound |
Circumduction | carrying around |
Vertebrae of the neck | cervical |
digit on horse which bears weight | third |
inflammation of a joint | arthritis |
vertebrae associated with chest cavity | thoractic |
vertebrae of the tail | coccygeal |
space bewteen ribs | intercostal |
fracture type in which numerous bone fragments occur | comminuted |
knee of the horse | carpus |
muscle group that reduces the angle of the joint | flexor |
inflammation of all bone | panosteoitis |
hip joint | coxofermoral |
largest bone of the tarus | calcaneus |
Surgical procedure used to correct a bone deformity | orthapedic |
osteoblast | specilized cell that deposits calcium for bone formation |