Ch. 8 Pathology and Procedures

Question 1

Anti-coagulant

Answer 1

Agent that prevents coagulation of blood

Question 2

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Answer 2

Formation of clots throughout microcirculation which leads to hemorrhage

Question 3

Dyscrasia

Answer 3

Any abnormal or pathological condition of blood

Question 4

Exsanguination

Answer 4

Extensive blood loss due to internal and external hemorrhage

Question 5

Hematocrit

Answer 5

The percentage of RBCs in a volume of blood (packed cell volume; PCV)

Question 6

Hemophilia

Answer 6

Bleeding disorder in which the animal is lacking one or more clotting proteins

Question 7

Hemorrhage

Answer 7

Escape of blood through ruptured blood vessels

Question 8

Icterus

Answer 8

Yellowish coloration of the plasma caused by increased bilirubin

Question 9

Leukemia

Answer 9

Increase in the number of cancerous WBCs

Question 10

Lipemia

Answer 10

Fat in the blood (used to describe a white plasma color)

Question 11

Plebotomy

Answer 11

Venipuncture; the act of drawing blood

Question 12

Transfusion

Answer 12

Transfer of blood and blood components form one animal to another

Question 13

Von Willebrand’s Disease

Answer 13

Congenital bleeding disorder in which the animal is lacking Von Willebrand’s clotting factor (the most common inherited bleeding disorder in dogs)