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The interactive dog atlas · for the classroom

Worksheet: the dog's skull

Print the page: the first sheet has the drawing with 9 numbered landmarks and the list to fill in, the second sheet the answer key. No student names, no score: it is an identification exercise.

Body regions Muscles Skeleton Skull (close-up) Head (close-up) Organs
The interactive dog atlas · mantrailing.ro/en/dog-anatomy Set: skull · version 1.2.0 · 28.10.2026

Write the name of each numbered landmark

Dog in left lateral view — exterior, muscles, skeleton and organs Vector study after the Ellenberger, Baum and Dittrich plates: a standing dog, head to the left, deep chest and digitigrade limbs. The four layers use the same contour: exterior with body regions, superficial muscles, skeleton and organs.

Answer key

Worksheet: the dog's skull · version 1.2.0 · 28.10.2026.

  1. Skull (cranium) — The bones of the head, without the mandible.
  2. Mandible (mandibula) — The bone of the lower jaw, articulated with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
  3. Orbit (orbita) — The bony cavity of the eye.
  4. Zygomatic arch (arcus zygomaticus) — The cheekbone, below the eye, from the orbit to the jaw joint; easily felt under the skin.
  5. Nasal bone (os nasale) — The roof of the nasal cavity, on the bridge of the nose; paired.
  6. Maxilla (maxilla) — The facial bone above the upper teeth, in front of the orbit.
  7. Frontal bone (os frontale) — The base of the forehead: above the orbits, between the nasal and the parietal bones.
  8. Parietal bone (os parietale) — The roof of the braincase, between the frontal and the occipital bone.
  9. Temporal bone (os temporale) — The lateral part of the skull, around the ear, with the tympanic bulla.

Open the structures in the atlas: https://www.mantrailing.ro/en/dog-anatomy?layer=skeleton