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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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