Axial Section
The area that the axial section is located
Contractile tissue that allows for movement of the animal
Muscle
The pectoral limbs are located on this section of the body
front limbs
The pelvic limbs are found on this part of the body
Hind limbs
The number of bone types
6
The four parts of the axial section
Skull, Vertebrae, Ribs, Sternum/Breast plate
Holds various tissues together such as bone
Connective
The number of major bones in the pectoral limb
6
The number of major bones in the pelvic limb
5
The two bone structures
Cancellous and Compact
The ribs are connected to the sternum by this
Cartilage
Tissue that transmits information to various parts of the body
Nerve
The name of the shoulder blade
Scapula
The name of the upper leg bone
Femur
Cancellous bones are made of
Soft spongey bone on the inside
The Coccygeal vertebrae is located here
The tail
Tissue that covers other tissue such as skin
Epithelial
The name of the feet/hoof
Metacarpals
Tarsals
Compact bon is made of
hard, protective outside layer
The name of the 5 vertebrae axial sections
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccygeal
Liquid type tissue such as blood
Fluid
The 6 bones that make up the pectoral limb
scalpel, humerus, radius and ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
The 5 bones that make up the pectoral limb
Femur, tibia and fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges
1. Long: femur
2. Short: carpus
3. Flat: scpula
4. Pnuematic: skull
5: Irregular: vertebrae
6. Sesamoid: patella