LABORATORY MANUAL FOR MAMMALOGY - Rowan
LABORATORY MANUAL FOR MAMMALOGY - Rowan LABORATORY MANUAL FOR MAMMALOGY - Rowan
Postcranial skeleton The rest of the skeleton apart from the skull is known as the postcranial skeleton. Postcrania can be important for distinguishing different types of mammals and for understanding their locomotion. Familiarize yourself with the following bones and their indicated landmarks: Vertebrae Atlas and axis: first two cervicals Cervical: possess transverse foramina Thoracic: attached to ribs Lumbar: stout lower back vertebrae Sacral: connected to the pelvis usually fused into a single element, the sacrum Caudal: tail vertebrae Spinous process (neural spine) zygapophyses: the processes that form the joints between vertebrae ribs clavicle scapula innominate (pelvic bone) glenoid fossa (actually three bones: ilium, ischium, pubis) spine acetabulum humerus femur radius greater, lesser, and third trochanters ulna tibia carpals medial malleolus metacarpals fibula phalanges patella tarsals astragalus calcaneum metatarsals phalanges Atlas and axis: first two cervicals 5
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Postcranial skeleton<br />
The rest of the skeleton apart from the skull is known as the postcranial skeleton.<br />
Postcrania can be important for distinguishing different types of mammals and for understanding<br />
their locomotion.<br />
Familiarize yourself with the following bones and their indicated landmarks:<br />
Vertebrae<br />
Atlas and axis: first two cervicals<br />
Cervical: possess transverse foramina<br />
Thoracic: attached to ribs<br />
Lumbar: stout lower back vertebrae<br />
Sacral: connected to the pelvis usually fused into a single element, the sacrum<br />
Caudal: tail vertebrae<br />
Spinous process (neural spine)<br />
zygapophyses: the processes that form the joints between vertebrae<br />
ribs<br />
clavicle<br />
scapula innominate (pelvic bone)<br />
glenoid fossa (actually three bones: ilium, ischium, pubis)<br />
spine acetabulum<br />
humerus femur<br />
radius greater, lesser, and third trochanters<br />
ulna tibia<br />
carpals medial malleolus<br />
metacarpals fibula<br />
phalanges patella<br />
tarsals<br />
astragalus<br />
calcaneum<br />
metatarsals<br />
phalanges<br />
Atlas and axis: first two cervicals<br />
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