Canine Body Parts Flashcards
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| 10662641269 | Occiput | back part of the skull | 0 | |
| 10662641270 | Stop | The indentation between the muzzle and the top of head, in between the eyes. | 1 | |
| 10662641271 | Muzzle | the projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth, of an animal such as a dog or horse. | 2 | |
| 10662641272 | Flews | The lips of a dog. Most commonly used to describe the fleshy, hanging upper lips in dogs of the mastiff type. | 3 | |
| 10662641273 | Sternum | breastbone or brisket | 4 | |
| 10662641274 | Foreleg | either of the front legs of a four-footed animal | 5 | |
| 10662641288 | Wrist | carpus | 6 | |
| 10662641289 | Carpal Pad | The small pad that protrudes palmar to the carpus (wrist) | 7 | |
| 10662641290 | Digital Pads | on the palmar and plantar surfaces of the phalanges of dogs | 8 | |
| 10662641291 | Metacarpal Pad | located on the weight-bearing aspect of the paw and is the largest pad | 9 | |
| 10662641293 | Stifle | a complex joint in the hind limbs of quadruped (dog). It is the equivalent of the human knee and is often the largest synovial joint in the animal's body. The stifle joint joins three bones: the femur, patella, and tibia. | 10 | |
| 10662641275 | Pastern | lower portion of the leg; below the carpals (wrist bones) of the foreleg or the hock on the hind leg. | 11 | |
| 10662641276 | Toes | phalanges of the foot | 12 | |
| 10662641277 | Claws | sharp nails on feet or hands | 13 | |
| 10662641278 | Hock | Joint on the hind leg; equivalent to the human heel; in dogs is elevated because they walk on their toes | 14 | |
| 10662641279 | Lower thigh | area from stifle to hock, also called second thigh | 15 | |
| 10662641280 | Upper thigh | above the lower or second thigh | 16 | |
| 10662641281 | Tail | an external appendage of a dog | 17 | |
| 10662641282 | Croup | An area of the back just above the base of the tail | 18 | |
| 10662641283 | Loins | the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | 19 | |
| 10662641284 | Withers | The highest point of the shoulder where the neck meets the back. *A dogs height is measured vertically from the withers to the ground. | 20 | |
| 10662641285 | Cheek | either side of the face below the eyes | 21 | |
| 10662641286 | Dewlap | loose skin under the chin, throat and neck of some breeds. (I.E. Bloodhound) | 22 | |
| 10662641287 | Dew Claw | A non-weight-bearing toe on the inner side of the foot. *Some breeds such as the Norwegian Lundehund have double dewclaws | 23 |