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Lab 34 - Fetal Pig Taxonomy, External, & Skeletal Review
Use this activity to prepare for the quiz on the taxonomic, external and skeletal structures of the fetal pig. Be sure to utilize the vertebral column review also.
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| Appendicular skeleton | pectoral girdle, forelimbs, pelvic girdle, and hindlimbs |
| Axial Skeleton | skull, vertebral column, ribs, & sternum |
| Eutherians | animals with a well developed placenta |
| Vertebrate | animal with a spine |
| Artidactyla | even-toed ungulate |
| Primates | opposable thumb, forward facing eyes, well developed cerebral cortex, omnivorous |
| digitigrade | walk on the tips of the toes |
| plantigrade | walk on the entire foot |
| patella | kneecap |
| tarsals | bones of the ankle |
| carpals | bones of the wrist |
| Perissodactyla | odd-toed ungulate |
| Head region of the pig | cranial |
| Neck region of the pig | cervical |
| Trunk region of the pig | thoracic, lumbar, & sacral |
| Tail region of the pig | caudal |
| Toward the head of the pig | anterior |
| toward the tail of the pig | posterior |
| spine side of the pig | dorsal |
| belly side of the pig | ventral |
| Ungulate | "hoofed animal" |
| nares | nostril |
| pinnae | external ears |
| male pig | urogenital opening immediately posterior to the umbilical cord |
| female pig | urogenital opening marked by genital papilla (ventral of anus) |
| pecotoral girdle | only the scapula in pigs (clavicles missing) |
| pelvic girdle | three pairs of fused bones (ilium, ischium, & pubis) |
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