Layers of the Skin
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
The name of the highest point on most four legged animals.
What is Dorsal?
The most common place to put a tag which identifies an animal.
What is the auricle?
The layer of skin which houses the hair follicles, blood vessels, and nerve endings.
What is the dermis?
The term that refers to the region of the body towards the head.
What is Cranial?
This term is NOT an anatomical location term.
Ventral
Caudal
Cranial
Vibrissae
What is Vibrissae?
This is not a layer of skin.
Epidermis
Mesodermis
Dermis
Hypodermis
What is Mesodermis?
The term to describe the position farthest from the point of reference.
What is distal?
The name for the external body part also known as vibrissae.
Skin
Tails
Nails
Whiskers
What is whiskers?
Keratin is produced in this layer of skin and forms these external anatomy parts.
What is the epidermis and hair, hooves, and feathers?
The term that best describes the underside or belly of an animal.
What is ventral?
This is the Latin term used for tail.
What is Cauda?
The layer of skin known as the subcutaneous layer, responsible for attaching skin to muscle and bone.
What is the Hypodermis?
The term used to refer to the region nearest a major point of reference.
What is proximal?
This external component can be used for defense.
Bone
Hair
Horns
Dewclaw
What are horns?