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CHAPTER 6 The Skeletal System
EXERCISE 7. LABEL THE BONES OR PROCESSES
OF THE EQUINE THORACIC LIMB
1. Scapula
2 . H u m e r u s
3. Olecranon process
EXERCISE 8. LABEL THE INDICATED BONES,
JOINTS, OR PROCESSES OF THE EQUINE
PELVIC LIMB
1 . I l i u m
2 . I s c h i u m
EXERCISE 9. LABEL THE BONES OF THE HORSE
FOOT FROM PROXIMAL TO DISTAL
1. Proximal sesamoid bones
2. Proximal phalanx
EXERCISE 10. IDENTIFY JOINT TYPE
A. Ball and Socket
EXERCISE 11. DEFINING CLINICAL TERMS
1. Acetabulum: The socket portion of the ball-and-socket
hip joint
3. Articular surface: A smooth surface on a bone that
forms part of a joint
4. Atlas: The fi rst cervical vertebra
5. Axis: The second cervical vertebra
6. Calcaneus: The fi bular tarsal bone; forms the point of
outer surfaces of all bones
14. Condyle: A large, rounded articular surface
15. Costal cartilage: The cartilaginous portion of a rib
16. Costochondral junction: The junction between the bony
and cartilaginous portions of a rib
17. Fibrous joint: An immovable joint, also known as
29. Obturator foramina: Large holes in the pelvis that serve
to lighten it
30. Olecranon: The proximal process of the ulna that forms
the point of the elbow
31. Patella: The largest sesamoid bone in the body, also
34. Process: A lump or bump on a bone
35. Sacral vertebrae: Vertebrae of the pelvic region; fused
tendons
37. Short bones: Bones shaped like small cubes or marsh-
mallows
38. Spinous process: Dorsal-projecting process of a vertebra