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Chapter 23 Flashcards

1
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Barbering

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dominant animals bite or chew fur of subordinate animals

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Cheek pouch

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space in oral cavity of hamsters that carries food and bedding

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Ectotherm

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animals whose internal temperature varies with environmental
temperature – cold-blooded

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Endotherm

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animal that generates its own heat to maintain a constant internal body temperature – warm-blooded

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In vitro

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outside living organisms, in test tubes or other lab glassware

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In vivo

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Inside living organisms

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Pinky

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mouse or rate hairless neonate

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Pithing

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destroying the brain and spinal cord by thrusting a blunt needle into the cranium or vertebral column

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Rosette

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Swirl hair growth pattern in guinea pigs

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Scruff

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thick skin of the neck by which an animal can be grasped or lifted

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11
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Rodents are

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are gnawing animals that have continuously growing upper and lower incisors.

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12
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Rodents include

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hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas

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13
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Guinea pigs are also called

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Cavies

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14
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Hamsters are

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used as pets and laboratory animals
 have cheek pouches to store their food

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15
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Ferrets are

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are mammals in the same family as weasels and mink
 can develop hyperestrogenism

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16
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Reptiles are what type of vertebrates

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Ectotherm

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17
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Four types of reptiles

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Turtles/tortoises, snakes, iguanas/lizards, crocodiles/alligators

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18
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Amphibians are

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larval stage lives in water
 adult lives partially or completely on land
 Do not have scales
newts and salamanders
frogs and toads

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19
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Altricial

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young born of hatched very immature or helpless

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20
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analogous structures

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refers to structures that differ anatomically but have similar functions

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21
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antivivisectionist

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person who opposes surgery on live animals for research or education purposes

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22
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arboreal

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tree living

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23
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autotomy

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voluntary release

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24
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barbering

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dominant animals bite or chew the fur of subordinate animals

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25
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Bolt hold

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an entrance or exit in a rabbits warren

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26
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Bruce effect

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abortion of embryos in recently bred mice so they can re breed with the new male

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27
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Calvarium

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top of he skull

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28
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Chromodachryorrhea

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shedding of coloured tear due to porphyrin release form the harderian gland

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29
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Crepuscular

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becoming active at twilight or before sunrise

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30
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Estivate

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to reduce body temp, heart and resp rate, and metabolism to dormancy in summer

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31
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Exsanguinations

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removal of blood or blood loss from the body

32
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Formite

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inanimate carrier of diesease

33
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Fur slip

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shedding of hair patches caused by rough handling in chinchillas

34
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Gnotobiotic

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said of germ free animals that have been introduced to one or more known nonpathogenic organisms

35
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Helitherm

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animals that actively seek out sunlight for heat

36
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Herpetology

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study of reptiles or amphibians

37
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Homeotherm

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Animals that maintain more or less the same constant body temp

38
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Homologous structure

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having a common origin but different functions in diff species

39
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Hoppers

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mice and rats that are fully mobile and have full coats but are smaller then an adult

40
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Hybrid

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Strain form mixing two or more inbred animals

41
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inbred

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resulting form 20 or more sibling or parent-offspring matings

42
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Latent infection

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condition that may not be clinically noticed but under stress or poor health will develop into a recognizable condition

43
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Metanephric

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embryonic like kidney

44
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Murine

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of mice or rats

45
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Parthenogenesis

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development of an egg without fetilization

46
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Phylogeny

A

developmental history of a species

47
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Poikilotherm

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Animals who let their body temp vary to an appreciable extent on a regular basis

48
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Precocial

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young born or hatched relatively mature and mobile

49
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Reduction

A

theory of using the minimal number of animals to project what yields valid results

50
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Ringtail

A

abnormal condition in which annular lesions form on the tail of rats housed in low humidity environments

51
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Sexual dimorphism

A

Physical or behavioural differences b/w female and males of a given species

52
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Shoebox

A

caging that has a solid bottom flooring

53
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Urethral core

A

Organ found in front of the anus of male and female chinchillas

54
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Urostyle

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Long caudal vertebra of some amphibians

55
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Vector

A

Organisms or vehicles that carries infectious agent from 1 animal to another

56
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Vestigial

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said of a structure that has lost a function it previously had

57
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Warren

A

a place where rabbits breed or abound

58
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Whitten effect

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Introduction of a male into a group of females synchronies their estrous cycle

59
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Snuffles

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Common term for upper resp disease of rabbits

60
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Sore hocks

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Ulceration of the foot pads and foot area caused by the animals body weight pressing down on the foot and the thick covering of fur on rabbit feet

61
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Torticollis

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Contracted state of the cervical muscles brought by tension of the neck

62
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Urolithiasis

A

Disorder characterized by the presence of urinary bladder stones

63
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Carapace

A

Dorsal region of a turtle shell

64
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Dysecdysis

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Difficult or abnormal shedding

65
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Ecdysis

A

shedding or molting

66
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Hemipenes

A

paired, vascular sacs that open into the caudal cloaca in male snakes and lizards

67
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Plastron

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ventral region of a turtle shell

68
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Scute

A

Any scale like structure

69
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Spectacle

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Transparent, highly vascular scale that permanently covers the cornea of some reptiles

70
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ACBA

A

American cavy breeders association

71
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ACLAM

A

American college of laboratory animal medicine

72
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AFA

A

American ferret association

73
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ARBA

A

American rabbit breeders association

74
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AZVT

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American zoo veterinary tech

75
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LAT

A

Laboratory animal technology

76
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LATG

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Laboratory animal technologist

77
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3 R’s

A

reduction, refinement, replacement

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