Exam 3: Meat and Bones

Read the following passage and answer the accompanying questions. Rupture of the cruciate ligament is a common injury to the stifle joint of dogs. The cranial cruciate ligament is more commonly ruptured than the caudal ligament. Rupture of either cruciate ligament may be accompanied by rupture of the medial collateral ligament and damage to the medial meniscus. Acute lameness is the most common sign of a cruciate ligament rupture, which will decrease in severity over time. Chronic lameness and osteoarthritis may result if the stifle joint is not stabilized via surgery. The paragraph points out that:

Intercostal muscles are located between the:

The term for "the shaft of a long bone" is:

The type of joints that allow slight movement are ____________________.

Which of the following is NOT a pelvic bone?

Write the correct spelling for each of the following. lamenectomy

The appendicular skeleton consists of the extremities, shoulder, and __________ __________.

What type of fracture results when the bone is splintered?

The sheet of fibrous connective tissue that gives attachment to muscular fibers and is a means of origin or insertion for flat muscle is called:

The atlas, which supports the skull, is the first ____ vertebrae.

Muscles that rotate the palmar or plantar surface downward are classified as:

Write the correct spelling for each of the following. brackeesefalick

Surgical repair of bone is known as:

Which of the following types of muscle fiber is spindle shaped without stripes or striations?

In the skeletal system, the word part "meta" means ____________________.

The combining forms for "vertebra" are ____________________ and vertebr/o.

Read the following passage and answer the accompanying questions. Rupture of the cruciate ligament is a common injury to the stifle joint of dogs. The cranial cruciate ligament is more commonly ruptured than the caudal ligament. Rupture of either cruciate ligament may be accompanied by rupture of the medial collateral ligament and damage to the medial meniscus. Acute lameness is the most common sign of a cruciate ligament rupture, which will decrease in severity over time. Chronic lameness and osteoarthritis may result if the stifle joint is not stabilized via surgery. A result of an unrepaired cruciate ligament rupture is:

The ____________________ skeleton is the framework of the body that includes such components as the skull, auditory ossicles, vertebral column, and ribs.

The ribs articulate with the ____ vertebrae.

Osteomyelitis means inflammation of the: