Integumentary System
Sutures
Skeletal System Parts
Bone Breaks
Directional Terminology
100

What is the largest organ of the body?

The Skin
100

What size suture is used for large animal surgery?

1, 2, 3, or 4

100

Part of the body housing the digestive organs.

Abdomen

100

Incomplete break caused by bending of the bone in an arc shape; a break most commonly found in long bones.

Greenstick
100

Front of the Animal

Anterior

200

What are the 3 layers of the skin?

Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis

200

What size suture is used for small animal surgery?

3-0, 2-0, or 1-0

200

The soft spot in the top of the skull; the location of un-calcified bone at birth.

Fontanel

200

Incomplete break parallel to the bone and often caused by bones pushing against other bones.

Linear or Fissure
200

Front of the face closest to the nose.

Rostral

300

What is the deepest layer of the epidermis?

Stratum Basale

300

What size suture is used for Eyes and fine anatomy?

6-0, 5-0, or 4-0

300

Framework of the bone cartilage and other non bending materials in a body.

Skeleton

300

A break due to twisting of the shaft of the bone; bone can be broken anywhere and can lead to oblique, comminuted or fissured breaks as well.

Spiral


300

Toward the tail

Caudal

400

What is the middle layer of the Epidermis?

Stratum Granulosum

400

What suture is individually tied?


The Simple Interrupted Pattern Suture

400

The body part housing the heart and lungs; located between the neck and diaphragm.

Thorax

400

Complete break across the bone and perpendicular to the bone.

Transverse
400

Related to the sole of the foot.

Plantar

500

What layer contains exocrine glands?

Dermis

500

What suture is NOT individually tied?

The simple continuous pattern

500

The study of structures in the body that can only be viewed with a microscope.

Histology

500

List the order of bone repair

soft callus - hard callus - bone callus - compact bone

500

Part of the limbs furthest from the body

Distal

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