Guide to Ruminant Anatomy

Guide to Ruminant Anatomy: Dissection and Clinical Aspectspresents a concise, clinically relevant reference to goat and cattle anatomy, with color schematic illustrations and embalmed arterially injected prosection images for comparison.

• Offers 244 color images depicting goat and cattle anatomy

• Provides selected line drawings correlated to dissection images of embalmed arterially injected specimens

• Takes a practical approach, with material organized by body system within each region

• Demonstrates the clinical relevance of basic anatomy

• Poses review questions in each chapter, with answers and videos provided on a companion website

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Guide to Ruminant Anatomy: Dissection and Clinical Aspects presents a concise, clinically relevant reference to goat and cattle anatomy, with color schematic illustrations and embalmed arterially injected prosection images for comparison. Logically organized by body systems, the chapters cover the head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, forelimb, and hindlimb. Linking anatomical information to clinical practice, the book provides a succinct understanding of normal anatomy in goats and cows. Each chapter offers review questions to aid in knowledge retention, with answers and videos of selected areas supplied on a companion website. Guide to Ruminant Anatomy is a useful resource to anatomical knowledge for practitioners, students, and instructors seeking essential information on ruminant anatomy. Key features

• Offers 244 color images depicting goat and cattle anatomy
• Provides selected line drawings correlated to dissection images of embalmed arterially injected specimens
• Takes a practical approach, with material organized by body system within each region
• Demonstrates the clinical relevance of basic anatomy
• Poses review questions in each chapter, with answers and videos provided on a companion website

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*Guide to Ruminant Anatomy: Dissection and Clinical Aspects*presents a concise, clinically relevant reference to goat and cattle anatomy, with color schematic illustrations and embalmed arterially injected prosection images for comparison.

• Offers 244 color images depicting goat and cattle anatomy
• Provides selected line drawings correlated to dissection images of embalmed arterially injected specimens
• Takes a practical approach, with material organized by body system within each region
• Demonstrates the clinical relevance of basic anatomy
• Poses review questions in each chapter, with answers and videos provided on a companion website

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Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

About the Companion Website xvii

1 The Head, Neck, and Vertebral Column 1

1.1 Skull 2

1.2 Mandible 9

1.3 Paranasal Sinuses 9

1.4 Vertebral Column 14

1.5 Teeth and Age Estimation of Cattle and Small Ruminants (Goats and Sheep) 16

1.5.1 Definitions and Criteria for Estimating the Age of Ruminants 20

1.5.2 Steps for Estimating the Age of Cattle 22

1.6 Joints of the Head 24

1.6.1 Temporomandibular Joint 24

1.6.2 Atlantooccipital Joint 24

1.6.3 Mandibular Symphysis 24

1.6.4 Vertebral Joints 25

1.7 Muscles of the Head 25

1.7.1 Cutaneous Muscles 27

1.7.2 Muscles of Facial Expression 28

1.7.3 Muscles of Mastication 28

1.7.4 Pharyngeal Muscles 28

1.7.4.1 Nomenclature of Pharyngeal Muscles 29

1.7.5 Laryngeal Muscles 29

1.7.6 Hyoid Muscles 29

1.7.7 Lingual Muscles 29

1.7.8 Extraocular Muscles 30

1.8 Blood Vessels, Lymph Nodes, and Nerves of the Head 30

1.8.1 Blood Vessels (Arteries and Veins) 30

1.8.1.1 Arteries of the Head 30

1.8.1.2 Veins of the Head 33

1.8.2 Lymph Nodes of the Head and Neck 33

1.8.3 Nerves of the Head 36

1.8.3.1 Summary of Cranial Nerves and Their Functions 36

1.9 Salivary Glands 40

1.10 The Pharynx 40

1.10.1 Oropharynx 40

1.10.2 Nasopharynx 40

1.10.3 Laryngopharynx 41

1.11 Tongue 41

1.12 The Larynx and Hyoid Apparatus 43

1.12.1 Larynx 43

1.12.2 Hyoid Apparatus 44

1.13 The Eye 45

1.13.1 Superficial Features of the Eye 45

1.13.2 Layers of the Eye 47

1.13.3 Sectioning of the Eyeball 49

1.13.3.1 Chambers of the Eye 49

1.13.4 Drainage Pathway of the Aqueous Humor 49

1.14 Neck Skeleton 49

1.15 Neck Muscles, Nerves, and Vessels 51

1.15.1 Neck Muscles 51

1.15.1.1 Superficial Neck Muscles 54

1.15.1.1.1 Brachiocephalicus Muscle 54

1.15.1.1.2 Omotransversarius Muscle 54

1.15.1.1.3 Trapezius Muscle 55

1.15.1.1.4 Sternocephalicus Muscle 55

1.15.1.1.5 Sternothyroideus and Sternohyoideus Muscles 55

1.15.1.2 Deep Neck Muscles 55

1.15.2 Nerves of the Neck 56

1.15.3 Blood Vessels of the Neck 57

1.16 Nuchal Ligament 57

1.17 Surface Topography (Head and Neck) 58

1.18 Lab ID List for the Head and Neck 62

2 The Thorax 65

2.1 Introduction 66

2.2 Bones of the Thorax 66

2.3 Thoracic Inlet 67

2.4 Basal Border of the Lung and Area for Lung Auscultation 68

2.5 Diaphragmatic Line of Pleural Reflection 68

2.6 Muscles of the Thoracic Wall 69

2.7 Pleura 72

2.7.1 Parietal Pleura 73

2.7.2 Visceral Pleura 73

2.7.3 Connecting Pleura 73

2.7.4 Content of the Pleural Cavity 74

2.7.5 Lung Lobes 74

2.7.6 Mediastinum 74

2.8 Vessels (Arteries and Veins) 75

2.8.1 Blood Circulation: An Overview 75

2.9 Major Veins of the Thorax 76

2.9.1 Cranial Vena Cava 77

2.9.2 Caudal Vena Cava 77

2.9.3 Azygos Veins (Left and Right) 77

2.10 Major Arteries of the Thorax 77

2.10.1 Brachiocephalic Trunk 77

2.10.2 Costocervical Trunk 77

2.10.3 Vertebral Artery 77

2.10.4 Superficial Cervical Artery 78

2.10.5 Internal Thoracic Artery 78

2.11 Lymphatic Structures 78

2.11.1 Thymus 78

2.11.2 Thoracic Duct 78

2.11.3 Mediastinal and Tracheobronchial Lymph Nodes 79

2.12 Nerves (Motor Somatic, Sympathetic, and Parasympathetic) 80

2.12.1 Phrenic Nerve 80

2.12.2 Autonomic Nerves in the Thorax 80 2.12.3 ...