CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 | CLINICAL
APPLICATIONS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE &
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
UFP - Correct answer ✔✔ Upper fixation of the patella, when the parapatellar fibrocartilage
stays hooked on the medial trochlear ridge, stifle remains extended
Joints of the tarsus - Correct answer ✔✔ Tibiotarsal, proximal intertarsal, distal intertarsal and
tarsometatarsal
What tarsal bones are fused in the horse - Correct answer ✔✔ 1 and 2
What tarsal bones are fused in the ox - Correct answer ✔✔ 2 and 3, 4 and central
Bone spavin - Correct answer ✔✔ Osteoarthritis of the hock joint
Number one site of osteochondrosis in horses - Correct answer ✔✔ DIRT (distal intermediate
ridge of the tibia)
Capped hock - Correct answer ✔✔ Bursitis of the subcutaneus calcaneal bursa
What structure counteracts the pull of the common calcaneal tendon - Correct answer ✔✔
Long plantar ligament
Cunean bursa - Correct answer ✔✔ Between the cunean tendon (medial tendon of the cranial
tibial muscle) and the medial collateral ligament of the hock
, What nerve is motor to the orbicularis oculi - Correct answer ✔✔ Palpebral nerve (off the
auriculopalpebral nerve)
What nerve innervates the lower cheek teeth - Correct answer ✔✔ Inferior alveolar nerve
What is the parent nerve of the auriculotemporal nerve - Correct answer ✔✔ Mandibular
branch of the trigeminal (sensory)
Parent nerve to the auriculopalpebral nerve - Correct answer ✔✔ Facial nerve (motor)
What nerve runs with the linguofacial artery - Correct answer ✔✔ Hypoglossal nerve
What vein can you use in the face of the horse to avoid thrombosing the jugular - Correct
answer ✔✔ Deep facial vein
How do the soft palate and epiglottis usually sit in the horse - Correct answer ✔✔ Epiglottis
dorsal to the soft palate
Dorsally displaced soft palate - Correct answer ✔✔ Soft palate is dorsal to the epiglottis,
common during high exertion
What structure allows breathing to occur while drinking water - Correct answer ✔✔ Piriform
recess
Palatine tonsils in the bovine - Correct answer ✔✔ Within the tonsillar sinus
Function of the guttural pouch - Correct answer ✔✔ Cool blood flowing to the brain with air
APPLICATIONS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE &
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
UFP - Correct answer ✔✔ Upper fixation of the patella, when the parapatellar fibrocartilage
stays hooked on the medial trochlear ridge, stifle remains extended
Joints of the tarsus - Correct answer ✔✔ Tibiotarsal, proximal intertarsal, distal intertarsal and
tarsometatarsal
What tarsal bones are fused in the horse - Correct answer ✔✔ 1 and 2
What tarsal bones are fused in the ox - Correct answer ✔✔ 2 and 3, 4 and central
Bone spavin - Correct answer ✔✔ Osteoarthritis of the hock joint
Number one site of osteochondrosis in horses - Correct answer ✔✔ DIRT (distal intermediate
ridge of the tibia)
Capped hock - Correct answer ✔✔ Bursitis of the subcutaneus calcaneal bursa
What structure counteracts the pull of the common calcaneal tendon - Correct answer ✔✔
Long plantar ligament
Cunean bursa - Correct answer ✔✔ Between the cunean tendon (medial tendon of the cranial
tibial muscle) and the medial collateral ligament of the hock
, What nerve is motor to the orbicularis oculi - Correct answer ✔✔ Palpebral nerve (off the
auriculopalpebral nerve)
What nerve innervates the lower cheek teeth - Correct answer ✔✔ Inferior alveolar nerve
What is the parent nerve of the auriculotemporal nerve - Correct answer ✔✔ Mandibular
branch of the trigeminal (sensory)
Parent nerve to the auriculopalpebral nerve - Correct answer ✔✔ Facial nerve (motor)
What nerve runs with the linguofacial artery - Correct answer ✔✔ Hypoglossal nerve
What vein can you use in the face of the horse to avoid thrombosing the jugular - Correct
answer ✔✔ Deep facial vein
How do the soft palate and epiglottis usually sit in the horse - Correct answer ✔✔ Epiglottis
dorsal to the soft palate
Dorsally displaced soft palate - Correct answer ✔✔ Soft palate is dorsal to the epiglottis,
common during high exertion
What structure allows breathing to occur while drinking water - Correct answer ✔✔ Piriform
recess
Palatine tonsils in the bovine - Correct answer ✔✔ Within the tonsillar sinus
Function of the guttural pouch - Correct answer ✔✔ Cool blood flowing to the brain with air
