CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EQUINE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Question 1

Pulmonary Funxn tests

Answer 1

treadunk exercise test
Blood gas analysis

Question 2

LN most often checked; easy to palpate

Answer 2

Submandibular

Question 3

sinuses part

Answer 3

study

Question 4

in larynx, what is very prominent?

Answer 4

atlas

Question 5

in trachea palpation. how to feel phlegm

Answer 5

1/8 of trachea; u also auscultate

Question 6

how many pairs of ribs?

Answer 6

18; lungs reach 18th

Question 7

Generated in large airways but heard peripherally after auscultation through aerated parenchyma

Answer 7

Vesicular

Question 8

Parts where Lung sounds are louder, because sounds carried more efficiently

Answer 8

Consolidated areas

Question 9

Occurs when Lung sounds quieter, but heart
sounds louder

Answer 9

Pleural effusion

Question 10

Both lung and heart sounds will sound quieter because there’s air surrounding the lungs

Answer 10

Pneumothorax

Question 11

What happens when there is Extra thoracic or large airway
obstruction

Answer 11

Increased inspiratory sounds

Question 12

What happens when therr is Lower airway obstruction

Answer 12

Increased expiratory sounds

Question 13

Other abnormal sounds

Answer 13

crackles, wheezes

Question 14

PE (jugular vein)

Answer 14

Examine patency and filling: hydration status, skin turgor

Question 15

In a physical examination, this is a Good indicator of horse’s general health

Answer 15

PE (jugular vein)

Question 16

Distention or pulsation of the jugular veins
may indicate

Answer 16

obstruction of blood flow to
the heart

Question 17

If nagbubulge siya without occluding JV

Answer 17

Hirap sa paghinga, blood perfusion, discomfort, pain, fever

Question 18

A pleural effusion can inhibit blood flow from the ventrum of the thorax, leading to?

Answer 18

ventral edema (due to gravity)

Question 19

Common:_________ as complication in ventral edema )v. thorax annd abd)

Answer 19

laminitis