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terms that pertain to parts of the animals body
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Veterinary Medicine
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08/02/2008

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Biped
Definition
animal with two feet
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Invertebrata
Definition
does not have a backbone or spine
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Mitosis
Definition
process of cell division
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Organic matter

Definition
animal and vegetable (living) matter
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Organism
Definition
an indvidual form of life
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parturition
Definition
act of giving birth
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phalanges
Definition

plural of phalanax

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Phalanx
Definition
any prinicpal bone segment of the digits of vertebrates
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Quadruped

Definition
animal having four legs
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Striated
Definition
striped
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Vertebrata
Definition
animal with a vertebral column or backbone
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Osteology

Definition
the study of bone
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Femur
Definition
upper bone in hind limb
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Humerus
Definition
large bone of the forelimb, between the shoulder and the elbow
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Sternum
Definition
breast bone, bone on ventral chest
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Scapula
Definition
shoulder blade
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Axial skeleton
Definition
bones of the skull, verebral column, ribs and sternum
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appendicular skeleton
Definition
bones of the limbs
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condyle
Definition
rounded projection
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facet
Definition
small, smooth area
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foramen
Definition
opening in the bone
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Fossa
Definition
basinlike depression
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meatus
Definition
passage or opening
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process
Definition
any projection
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sinus
Definition
cavity or channel
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spine
Definition
sharp projection
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suture
Definition
seam
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Mandible
Definition

Movable portion of the skull; lower jaw

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Vertebral formulas
Definition
# of each type of vertebra in different species
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Canine and feline
Definition
C-7, T-3, L-7, S-3, Cy-6, to 23
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ungulates
Definition
animals with hooves
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Clavicle
Definition
collarbone
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Ulna
Definition
More lateral of the two bones distal to the elbow ( next to the radius)
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Radius
Definition
More medial bone of two bones distal to the elbow ( next to the ulna)
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Carpus
Definition
Corresponds to wrist of human
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Metacarpal
Definition

distal to carpal bone

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Phalanges
Definition
bones of the digits
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Pelvis
Definition
girdle of bone encircling the caudual abdomen and providing attachment for the hind legs
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Femur
Definition
upper bone in hind leg
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Patella
Definition
bone over stifle joint
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Tibia
Definition
more medial and larger of the two bones distal to the stifle joint
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Fibula
Definition
more lateral and smaller of the two bones distal to the stifle joint
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Tarsus
Definition
corresponding to the human ankle
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Metatarsals
Definition
bones distal to the tarsus
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arthrology
Definition
the study of joints
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flexion
Definition
bending at a joint, as the elbow
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extension
Definition
straightening or unbending of a joint; this movement is the opposit of flexion
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Rotation
Definition
movement that turns a body part on its own axism such as the turning of the head.
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circumduction
Definition
a movement describing a circle
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arthritis
Definition
acute of chronic inflammation of one or more joints
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