Mentor Canine Anatomy Test

Answers to all of these questions can be found in:• The Complete Dog Book: Official Publication of The American

Kennel Club.

• Canine Terminology; Harold Spira, 1982, Howell Book House

• The Rottweiler Breed Standard and The Illustrated Standard of the Rottweiler

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Part I. External Features

Part I. External Features

Place the letter of the corresponding area to the term that identifies it.

1. Shoulder (Scapula)_____ 10. Back _____

2. Hock_____ 11. Elbow _____

3.Dewlap _____ 12. Muzzle _____

4. Pastern _____ 13. Croup_____

5. Loin_____ 14. Depth of Chest______

6. Stifle (Knee)_____ 15. Breast_____

7. Stop_____ 16. Skull_____

8. Withers_____ 17. Forearm (Radius)_____

9.Point of Rump_____ 18. Thigh_____

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Part II. Skeletal Parts

Part II. Skeletal Parts

Place the letter of the corresponding area to the term that identifies it.

1. Knee (Stifle)_____ 9. Hock_____

2. Scapula (Shoulder)_____ 10. Canines_____

3. Molar_____ 11. Femur_____

4. Radius (Forearm)_____ 12. Humerus (Upper Arm)_____

5. Occiput_____ 13. Incisors_____

6. Premolars_____ 14. Point of Shoulder_____

7. Pelvis _____ 15. Metatarsus_____

8. Metacarpus (Pastern)_____

Part III. Multiple Choice (Reference – Canine Terminology by Harold Spira & AKC Standard)

1. What is the distribution of teeth in a a normal canine?a. 20 upper jaw, 22 lower jaw c. 21 upper jaw, 21 lower jawb. 22 upper jaw, 22 lower jaw d. 22 upper jaw, 20 lower jaw

2. What best describes the word “truncated”?a. long and curved c. square and bluntb. slightly rounded d. triangular

3. When measuring a dog’s length, you measure the distance between what two points?a. from tip of nose to tip of tail c. from neck to loinb. from point of shoulder to outer end of rump d. from scapula to femur

4. Which word best describes the shape of a Rottweiler eye?a. round c. close setb. almond d. none of the above

5. The head of a Rottweiler is:a. 60% from occiput to inside corner of the eye b. 40% from inside corner of eye to nose tip d. all of the abovec. well defined stop and zygomatic arch

Part III. Multiple Choice - continued

6. Hocks turning in accompanied by toeing out of the rear feet is referred to as:a. sickle hocked c. hucklebonesb. cow-hocked d. coupling

7. When describing the angulation of the shoulders and the stifles on a Rottwieler, they are:a. shoulders well laid back; stifles straight c. shoulders vertical; stifles developedb. shoulders well laid back; stifles well bent d. shoulders straight; stifles straight

8. An asymmetrical alignment of the upper and lower jaws is: a. an overshot bite c. an undershot biteb. a scissors bite d. a wry mouth

9.A vertical line drawn from the front feet and rear toes should intersect, respectively:a. the neck, 1” behind the rump c. the ear, the tailb. the center of shoulder blade, the point of the rump d. the mid neck, pelvis

10. The articulation of the scapula with the humerus is referred to as:a. withers c. point of shoulderb. radius d. upper arm