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Veterinary technician terms

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foramen   hole in a bone, passageway for blood vessels  
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fossa   depression or sunken area on a bone, occupied by muscles and tendons, feline mandible  
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articular surface   a smooth area that forms joints, covered with hyaline cartilage  
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condoyle   a large round surface, muscles attach  
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head   spherical shape, proximal end of long bone, femur, humerus  
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facet   flat, bones attach to bones, carpal/tarsal bones  
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processes   a lump or bump on a bone, scapula  
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irregular bones   bones that don't fit into a category, vertebrae  
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short bones   bones shaped like small cubes, carpal/tarsal bones  
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flat bones   thin and flat, scalpula  
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long bones   bones longer than they are wide, feline femur  
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epiphyses   ends of long bones, distal/proximal  
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diaphysis   the long part of a long bone  
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epiphyseal plates   long bone growth plates  
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axial skeleton   the skull, hyoid bone, spinal column, ribs, and sternum  
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appendicular skeleton   thoracic (front) and pelvic (hind) limb bones  
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barrel   trunk of the body, made up of the ribcage and abdomen  
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flank   lateral surface of the abdomen between ribcage and hindlegs  
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withers   dorsal to scalpus  
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knee   carpus of hoofed animal  
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cannon   large metacarpal or metatarsal bone  
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pastern   area of proximal phalanx  
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hock   tarsus  
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stifile   femorotibal/femoropatellar joint (similar to human knee)  
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fetlock   joint between cannon bone and proximal phalanx of hoofed animals  
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muzzle   rostral part of the face formed by maxillary and nasal bones  
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tailhead   dorsal part of the base of the tail  
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brisket   at the base of the neck between front legs that covers the cranial end of the sternum  
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poll   top of the head between the ears  
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deep   towards the center  
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superficial   towards the surface  
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where the epiphyseal plates are located   between the shaft and ends of the bone  
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epiphyseal plate allows bones to   lengthen  
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another name for epiphyseal plate is   growth plate  
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the tail vertebrae   coccygeal  
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the second cervical vertebra   axis  
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vertebrae largest in size and support abdominal region   lumbar  
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fused vertebrae of the pelvic region   sacral  
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vertebrae that articulate with the ribs   thoracic  
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vertebrae in the neck   cervical  
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all bones of thoracic limb from proximal to distal   scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges  
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the long bones in the upper arm   humerus  
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the long bones in the upper "thigh" region   femur  
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the large bones of the lower leg   tibia  
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scapula   shoulder blade  
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phosolipids   arranged in 2 layers in the plasma membrane  
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nucleoli   assembly sites for ribosomal particles  
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nucleus   control center, chromosomes within  
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mitochondria   energy for cell use, double membrane bound  
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microfilaments   contractile protein with ability to shorten with cytosol  
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microvili   fingerlike folds in the plasma membrane that increas the surface area for absorption  
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lysosome   membraneous structure/vesicles that contain digestive enzymes and are filled with hydrolitic  
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inclusion bodies   nonliving structures in cytoplasm vesicles for storage  
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integral proteins   protein channels in the plasma membrane that allow only certain substances to enter  
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haploid   one half the chromosome number  
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chromatin   threadlike granules dispersed in nucleus, dna, regulates protein  
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cytosol   gelatinous fluid that has organelles, a medium for transport  
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endoplasmic reticulium   in cytoplasm and is a transport system, can be smooth or rough  
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nucleolus   contains rna, location of ribosomal subunit synthesis  
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nuclear envelope   double membrane bound, separates nucleus from cytoplasm  
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cell membrane   bilayer with proteins, controls substances into and out of the cell, has 2 layers: hydrophilic and hydrophobic  
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cilia   hairlike structures on the surface of a cell, propels mucus and debris across a cell  
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ribosomes   site of protein synthesis, rna  
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cytoplasm   inner substance of the cell, fluid that houses organelles  
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cytoskeleton   internal structure of a cell, protein arranged  
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organelles   highly organized subcellular living system  
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peroxisomes   sacs found in the cytoplasm with oxidase enzymes, detoxifys molecules  
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