equine

Question 1

what is the most likely cause of food contaminated nasal discharge

Answer 1

oesophageal obstruction

Question 2

what would cause reduced resonance on precussion of the sinuses

Answer 2

fluid or a space-occupying mass

Question 3

what lymph nodes are most readily palpated

Answer 3

sub-mandibular

Question 4

where do you pass an endoscope into the nasal passages and why

Answer 4

ventral meatus - largest and less likely to cause a nosebleed

Question 5

what bone separates the lateral and medial compartments of the guttural pouch

Answer 5

stylahyoid bone

Question 6

in what cases would a guttural pouch lavage e inidcated

Answer 6

empyema or strep equi equi detection

Question 7

what forms the floor of the of the nasopharynx and separates it from the oropharynx

Answer 7

soft palate

Question 8

why do you stimulate the horse to swallow when doing a nasopharyngeal swab

Answer 8

its the only time when the guttural pouch is open

Question 9

why would you do an endoscopy of the trachea

Answer 9

look at any mucus and blood

Question 10

what are you sampling when doing a tracheal wash and a bronchioalveolar lavage

Answer 10

tracheal wash - cells and secretions from lower respiratory tract
BAL - specific peripheral lung sample