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Week 2: Supportive Material
1. Introduction

The body cavities
The directional terms and body planes
The dog skeleton

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Week 2: Supportive Material
1. Introduction
Here is the diagram we will label in the video in
both unlabelled and labelled form. You can print
them out and label them while watching the
video or just use them as a resource for revision.


Anatomy of the adult body body regions and
cavities
Head
Neck
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H
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Trunk
Pelvis
Abdomen
Thorax
Trunk
Anatomy of the adult body body regions and
cavities
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The following are some helpful diagrams to
reinforce the terms and concepts covered in the
video to help you learn the directional terms used
in anatomy

C
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P
D

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d
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V
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Directional terms
CC PD modified by DrGur
cranial
caudal
Above carpus and
tarsus use cranial
and caudal, below
use dorsal and
palmar or plantar
respectively
Directional terms and body planes
If perfectly in the middle:
median plane
CC BY-SA modified by DrGur
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Here I have included some labelled images of the
dog skeleton and of the live dog so that you can
revise:
The bones and joints of the skeleton
Where to find them on the live animal
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Notes on the terminology used in the video:
We have chosen to follow the terminology used in Dyce, Sack &
Wensing Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy W.B. Saunders
Company, Philadelphia.
In this resource the term head means the skull and the mandible
together. In other anatomy resources the term skull is sometimes
used to describe the skull including the mandible. As Dyce, Sack &
Wensing is our primary anatomy text book we have chosen to
follow their practice, but we are aware that these terms are often
used differently, including in human anatomy text books like Grays
Anatomy.
Skeleton axial & appendicular
Appendicular skeleton:
Forelimbs
Hindlimbs
Axial skeleton:
Head
Vertebral column
Sternum and ribs

Bones of axial skeleton
Skull
Mandible
Cervical
vertebrae
(C
1
-C
7
)
Thoracic
vertebrae
(T
1
-T
13
)
Lumbar
vertebrae
(L
1
-L
7
)
Coccygeal
vertebrae
(Co
1
-Co
20
)
Ribs &
sternum
Sacrum
(S
1
-S
3
)
Bones of appendicular skeleton forelimb
Scapula
Humerus
Shoulder
joint
Ulna
Elbow
joint
Radius
Carpal
joint
Metacarpals
Digits
Bones of appendicular skeleton hindlimb
Metatarsals
Hip joint
Femur
Hip
Stifle joint
(patella/
knee cap)
Tarsal
joint
Tibia
Fibula
Bones of appendicular skeleton forelimb
Scapula
Humerus
Shoulder
joint
Ulna
Elbow
joint
Radius
Carpal
joint
Metacarpals
Phalanges
CC BY-SA Pleple2003
Bones of appendicular skeleton hindlimb
Metatarsals
Hip joint
Femur
Hip
bones
Stifle joint
(knee)
Tarsal
joint
Tibia
Fibula
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Week 2: Supportive Material
1. Introduction
Thats all for part 1.

I hope you have enjoyed
learning some basic anatomy.
I leave you with a photo of my
old dog Blue


When I was a pup I
had one toy.
It was a stick