General Medical Terms Flashcards
History
Any previous conditions the patient may have had
Anorexia
No appetite, not eating
PU
PD
Polyuria
Polydipsia
Signs
Objective
Rash
Symptoms
Subjective (cannot see)
Head ache
Signalment
Age
Breed
Sex of Animal
Physical Examination
An examination of the patients body
Palpation
Examine by touch
S
O
A
P
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan
Assessment
Diagnostics
X-rays, Ultra Sound
Vital Signs
TPR - temperature, pulse, respiration
BP- Blood Pressure
Febrile
Fever
Hypothermia
Low body temperature
Pulse Rate
Somewhere on the exremities
Femoral- Back leg
Heart Rate
Check heart with hand or stethoscope
Respiratory Rate
Breaths per minute - breathing rate
Temperature
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Blood pressure
Diastolic
Systolic
Diastolic
Resting heart rate
Systolic
Pressure when heart isn’t resting
Stethescope
Amplifies sound when checking heart, stomach, ears ect
Otoscopes
Used for checking ears. Has different attachments. The other attachment is the ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmoscope
Used for checking eyes
Radiography
Process of taking the x-ray
Prognosis
The patients outcome (can be positive or negative)
Elizabethan E Collar
Come used after surgery to prevent animals from licking their wounds and causing more damage.
Surture
Stitches
Dehiscence
Breakdown of surgical site
Castration / Orchiectomy
Neutering
Spay
Ovariohysterectomy
Taking out reproductive parts of females
Onychectomy
Declaw
Completely removing nails from animals
Exploratory
Usually a surgery used on FB (foreign bodies) when Veterinarians want to know where the problem is.
VD
Ventral Dorsal
Dorsal
Back Side
Ventral
Stomach side
Cranial
Head
Caudial
Back end