Location Terms
This term means toward the head.
What is cranial?
The soft outer covering and largest organ of the body.
What is skin?
This protein is formed within the epidermis.
What is keratin?
The external portion of the ear that collects and focuses sound.
What is the auricle?
Another name for the dorsal region given in the material.
What is the trunk?
This term means toward the tail and is the opposite of cranial.
What is caudal?
The thin outer layer of skin that acts as a barrier to water loss.
What is the epidermis?
These threadlike pigmented structures grow from follicles in the dermis and help insulate the body.
What are hair and wool?
The two external openings of the nose.
What are nares?
A smaller hoof structure farther up the leg is called this.
What is a dewclaw?
This term refers to the belly or underside of an animal.
What is ventral?
The middle skin layer that houses hair follicles, nerve endings, and pressure receptors.
What is the dermis?
These keratinous structures insulate birds and aid flight.
What are feathers?
Long or stiff facial hairs used for touch sensation.
What are vibrissae?
An uncloven hoof differs from a cloven hoof in this way.
What is: it is not split into two toes?
The knee is _____ to the ankle.
What is proximal?
The innermost region that attaches skin to muscle and bone.
What is the hypodermis?
These are the tips/toes of an ungulate; many livestock species have a split version.
What are hooves?
Openings leading to mammary glands, also called teats.
What are mammary papilla?
In cows, sheep, and goats, the mammary structure is commonly known by this name.
What is the udder?
This term means farthest from a point of reference.
What is distal?
This skin layer supplies the epidermis with nutrient-saturated blood and helps regulate temperature.
What is the dermis?
These permanent head projections have a bone core attached to the skull.
What are horns?
This flexible appendage contains coccygeal vertebrae and can brush away insects.
What is the tail?
What are dorsal, ventral, caudal, cranial, proximal, and distal?
Name all six universal anatomical location terms from the lesson.