What is the xiphoid process?

What is the costal arch?

What is the iliac crest?

What is the tuber ischii?

Which processes are easiest to palpate in the dog?

How many nipples does a dog have?

Which lymph nodes drain the mammary glands?

Why is important to know the lymph drainage of mammary glands?

What is the prepuce in male dogs?

Is the cutaneous trunci muscle smooth or striated?

What is the extent of the cutaneous trunci muscle?

Does the cutaneous trunci lie superficial or deep to mammary tissue in females?

What is the afferent pathway for the Panniculus reflex?

What is the efferent pathway for the Panniculus reflex?

Where do the cranial superficial epigastrics originate?

Where do the caudal superficial epigastrics originate?

Where do the deep circumflex iliac and phrenicoabdominal artery originate?

What region of the abdominal wall is supplied by the deep circumflex iliac artery?

What region of the abdominal wall is supplied by the phrenicoabdominal artery?

What do the superficial inguinal lymph nodes drain?

What does a lymph node look like?

What is the function of lymph nodes?

What is the linea alba?

Why is the linea alba commonly used as a site for laparotomy?

What is the prepubic tendon?

What is the inguinal ligament?

What is the fibre direction of the rectus abdominis muscle?

What is the function of the rectus abdominis muscle?

What is the surface feature of the rectus abdominis muscle?

Do segmental nerves pass above or below the vertebral transverse processes?

What is the sensory innervation of the transverse abdominis aponeurosis and parietal peritoneum (rectus sheath)?

Define peritoneum

Why do many folds of mesentery extend to the umbilicus?

What important structures do the mesentery folds to the umbilicus carry in the foetus?

Why is a linea alba incision problematic when carried out cranial to the umbilicus?

Is the omentum a mesentery?

What is a mesentery?

From where is the greater omentum derived embryologically?

Why does the greater omentum appear lace like?

How many layers does the greater omentum have?

What is the space between the double layers of the greater omentum called?

How does the space between the double layers of the greater omentum communicate with the remainder of the peritoneal cavity?

How can the greater omentum be used in abdominal surgery?

Are the colon and duodenum covered by the greater omentum?

On which side of the body does the colon lie?

On which side of the body does the duodenum lie?

Which part of the duodenum contacts the body wall?

Which part of the colon contacts the body wall?

Where does the greater omentum attach to the stomach?

Name 2 structures which lie within the greater omentum

On which side of the body does the liver protrude most obviously beyond the costal arch?

Why may the spleen be enlarged in some specimens?

How can the position of the stomach change?

Why is the jejunoileum easily displaced?

Describe the shape of the caecum

What happens to the position of the bladder as it fills with urine?