Horse Anatomy
The Heart
Avian Anatomy
Bovine Medicine
Miscellaneous
100
Coffin bone
What is the third phalanx?
100
Deoxygenated blood leaves the right ventricle through this blood vessel.
What is the pulmonary artery?
100
Opening for the intestinal, reproductive and urinary tracts.
What is the cloaca?
100
Compartment of the cow stomach that produces hydrochloric acid and is responsible for the breakdown of bacterial proteins.
What is the abomasum?
100
Anatomical term that means "towards the head."
What is "cranial"?
200
Layman's term for the pectoral muscle which is a site for intramuscular injections.
What is the brisket?
200
This condition primarily affects the right atrium.
What are heartworms?
200
A thick, muscular walled organ used for grinding food.
What is the ventriculus/gizzard?
200
Displacement of the fourth compartment of the cow stomach to the left and dorsally.
What is left displaced abomasum (LDA)?
200
These insects are scavengers that consume wool, silk, leather, and feathers.
What is a dermestid beetle?
300
Jugular, Facial, Cephalic.
What are veins commonly used for drawing blood on a horse?
300
A condition represented by an enlargement of the right ventricle.
What is pulmonic stenosis?
300
Modification of the avian sternum that allows for greater attachment of the pectoral muscles.
What is the keel?
300
Sunken eyes and tarry feces.
What are symptoms of dehydration?
300
Animal that has the condition myotonia congenita that causes the animal to stiffern when startled.
What is a myotonic goat?
400
The area of the chest until the 16th rib.
What is the lung field?
400
The vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the body from the left ventricle.
What is the aorta?
400
A thin sheet of muscle found under the lungs in mammals that is not present in birds.
What is the diaphragm?
400
The stomach compartment where fermentation occurs.
What is the rumen?
400
Anatomical term that refers to the "belly surface" of the body.
What is ventral?
500
The top very of the horse's heard.
What is the poll?
500
A condition that involves the breakdown of the pulmonic and aortic valves.
What is infective endocarditis?
500
An adaptation that allows bird lungs to have a unidirectional rather than bidirectional flow.
What are air sacs?
500
An animal that must not be shipped to slaughter.
What is a "downed cow?"
500
Anatomical terms that refers to position on a limb, meaning closest to the trunk of the body.
What is proximal?
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