Laboratory Exercise VIII

Felis catus- the domestic cat

External anatomy and integumentary system:

External anatomy: all structures in boldface

Know function (use laboratory text as a guide): *nictitating membrane, *vibrissae, *cubitus, *genu

Integumentary system:

Skin:

Epidermis: *stratum germinativum, *stratum granulosum, *stratum corneum

Dermis: *dermis

Epidermal derivatives:

Hair: *hair

Claws and nails: *claws

Horns and antlers:

Glands (know function, but no need to identify in slides): *sebaceous glands, *apocrine glands, *scent glands, *mammary glands

Skeletal system:

Axial skeleton:

Skull: heterodont teeth (vs. homodont), *incisors, *canines, *premolars, *molars, *carnassials

Anatomy of the skull: premaxillae, palatine process of premaxillae, maxillae, palatine process of maxillae, diastema, palatine, nasals, lacrimal, ethmoid, *ethmoturbinates, perpendicular plate of ethmoid, cribiform plate, vomer, frontals, zygomatic, zygomatic arch, parietals, interparietals (postparietals), occipitals, *occipital condyles, *foramen magnum, *lamboidal ridge (nuchal crest), basisphenoid, *sella turcica, temporal, tympanic bulla, *external auditory meatus, mastoid process, internal auditory meatus,

Surface features of the skull:

Cavities and sinuses: nasal cavity, turbinates, olfactory fossa, cerebral fossa, sella turcica, tentorium, cerebellar fossa

Cranial foramina: *cribiform foramina, *optic foramen, *orbital fissure, *mandibular foramen, *nasolacrimal canal, *foramen magnum,

Mandible: mandible, dentary bones, intermandibular symphysis, *condyloid process, body, ramus, *coronoid process, *masseteric fossa, *incisors, *canine, diastema, *premolars, *molar

The hyoid: body, cranial cornua, caudal cornua

Vertebral column: *intervertebral disks

Thoracic vertebrae: centrum, *vertebral canal, *spinous process, diapophyses, *articular facet, *demifacet, *prezygopophyses, *postzygapophyses

Cervical vertebrae: atlas, transverse process, *transverse foramen, prezygopophysis, axis, odontoid process, *prezygapophyses, transverse foramen

Lumbar vertebrae:

Sacrum: *sacrum

Caudal vertebrae: *hemal arch

NOTE: you should be able to differentiate by sight atlas, axis, other cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sternal and caudal vertebrae

Sternum: sternebrae, manubrium, body, xiphisternum, xiphoid process

Ribs: "true" ribs, vertebrochondral ribs, "floating" ribs, *head, *tuberculum

Appendicular division:

Pectoral girdle and forelimb: scapula, *glenoid fossa, coracoid process, scapular spine, infraspinous fossa, supraspinous fossa, acromion process, subscapular fossa, clavicle, humerus, *head, lesser tuberosity, greater tuberosity, olecranon fossa, radius, head, styloid process, ulna, olecranon, semilunar notch, styloid process, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

Pelvic girdle and hindlimb: os coxae, ilium, ischium, pubis, pubic symphysis, ischiadic symphysis, *acetabulum, obturator foramen, femur, head, greater trochanter, patellar surface, tibia, fibula, head, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges, talus, calcaneus

* Know function (use laboratory text as a guide).