The interactive dog atlas · for the classroom
Worksheet: the dog's skeleton
Print the page: the first sheet has the drawing with 26 numbered landmarks and the list to fill in, the second sheet the answer key. No student names, no score: it is an identification exercise.
Write the name of each numbered landmark
Answer key
- Skull (cranium) — The bones of the head, without the mandible.
- Mandible (mandibula) — The bone of the lower jaw, articulated with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
- Cervical vertebrae (vertebrae cervicales) — The vertebral column in the neck region.
- Thoracic vertebrae (vertebrae thoracicae) — The vertebral column above the thorax, from the withers to the last rib.
- Lumbar vertebrae (vertebrae lumbales) — The vertebral column between the last rib and the sacrum.
- Sacrum (os sacrum) — Between the lumbar vertebrae and the tail, under the croup.
- Caudal vertebrae (vertebrae caudales) — The skeleton of the tail.
- Ribs (costae) — From the thoracic vertebrae to the sternum, on the sides of the thorax.
- Sternum (sternum) — On the bottom line of the thorax, between the two rows of ribs.
- Scapula (shoulder blade) (scapula) — The flat bone on the side of the thorax, under the shoulder region.
- Humerus (humerus) — The bone of the upper arm, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- Radius (radius) — The front bone of the forearm, from the elbow to the carpus.
- Ulna (ulna) — The rear bone of the forearm; its upper end is the point of the elbow.
- Carpal bones (ossa carpi) — Between the radius/ulna and the metacarpus.
- Pelvis (hip bone) (os coxae) — Under the croup, between the sacrum and the femur.
- Femur (femur) — The bone of the thigh, from the hip to the stifle.
- Patella (kneecap) (patella) — In front of the stifle, in the tendon of the quadriceps muscle.
- Tibia (tibia) — The main bone of the lower leg, from the stifle to the hock.
- Tarsal bones (ossa tarsi) — Between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsus; they form the hock.
- Orbit (orbita) — The bony cavity of the eye.
- Zygomatic arch (arcus zygomaticus) — The cheekbone, below the eye, from the orbit to the jaw joint; easily felt under the skin.
- Nasal bone (os nasale) — The roof of the nasal cavity, on the bridge of the nose; paired.
- Maxilla (maxilla) — The facial bone above the upper teeth, in front of the orbit.
- Frontal bone (os frontale) — The base of the forehead: above the orbits, between the nasal and the parietal bones.
- Parietal bone (os parietale) — The roof of the braincase, between the frontal and the occipital bone.
- Temporal bone (os temporale) — The lateral part of the skull, around the ear, with the tympanic bulla.