missed questions Flashcards
Which drug can cause discoloration of puppy teeth?
Tetracycline
Where are the anal sacs located?
4 and 8 o clock
Which type of cell should not be found in normal joint fluid?
Red blood cells.
Flea allergy dermatitis is a very common cause of pruritus in dogs in endemic areas. This is usually an allergy to what?
Flea saliva
Which of the following drugs increases gastrointestinal motility?
Metoclopramide (Reglan) is a prokinetic also acts centrally as an antiemetic by blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors in the chemo-receptor-trigger-zone.
What happens in the x-ray machine when the first step of half pressing the “shooting” button occurs?
The anode rotates and the filament is heated.
On a microscope slide, the object appears to have halos or fuzzy rings around them. What is probably not adjusted?
The condenser
Which of these drugs should be used with great caution in stallions due to the risk of causing paraphimosis or priapism?
Acepromazine
Which essential amino acid is critical for cat?
Taurine
In a pregnant mare, “red bag” delivery implies what situation?
Premature placental separation
A large retractor used when performing a median sternotomy?
Finochietto retractor
What is a localized accumulation of pus in the body known as?
Abscess
What is the standard temperature and duration accepted for autoclaving?
250 degrees Fahrenheit for 13 minutes, 97-99% humidity
Microscopic evaluation of peritoneal fluid would be beneficial for a horse with what circumstance?
colic
Typically, when should a dog or cat be offered food after gastrointestinal surgery?
12-24 hours after surgery
Gestation period for hamsters?
15 days.
The heart rate of an adult cat should range between?
150-220 bpm
What is the purpose of the rheostat of the light source on a microscope?
To adjust light intensity
A patient presents with rodenticide toxicity and is hemorrhaging. The doctor decides the animal needs a transfusion. What blood product is most likely to help stop the P bleeding?
Rodenticide toxicity causes hemorrhage by by inhibiting vitamin K1 clotting factors. Fresh frozen plasma also provides coagulation.
Tensilon is the trade name for edrophonium chloride. By administering this drug, you are testing for which disease?
Myasthenia gravis
Proper name for 3rd eyelid?
Nictitating membrane
Potassium citrate is most often given to dogs for which reason?
preventing bladder stones
A feline is presented for HBC. The vet wants you to administer mannitol. What is the reason?
It reduces intracranial pressure
Penrose drain.
- Fluid drains around the tube not through it.
- soft, thin, collapsible, rubber, latex, tube.
- is a passive drain
Giardiasis may be the cause of which clinical sign?
Diarrhea
For a bone marrow aspirate on a dog, which site is commonly used to obtain the sample?
Humeral head and iliac crest
Which bacteria will not stain using the Gram staining method?
Mycobacterium
A guinea pig presents with swollen glands in the neck. What organism most often would cause this?
Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Which of the following is a phagocytic cell of the immune system?
Monocyte
Where is the best place to give an intramuscular injection in a dog?
Epaxial muscle
What is expected from a positive inotropic drug?
Increase in cardiac contractility. Positive inotropes work by making more calcium available to the muscle and thus increase cardiac contractility.
What is the name for the muscle group that includes the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius?
Quadriceps, Quad” means four, and the Quadriceps femoris is a large group of muscles that cover most of the middle thigh.
You find Otodectes cynotis in an ear swab you prepared for a kitten that has been scratching her ears and has dark coffee ground looking debris in them. What could be used to treat this?
Ivermectin, used to treat ear mites.
A dog is having continuous runs of ventricular premature contractions following a splenectomy and they seem to be happening with greater frequency. Which drug can be used to treat this condition?
Lidocaine IV. VPC are most common arrhythmia after GDV or splenectomy surgeries.
For which procedure is a celiotomy performed?
SPAY. A celiotomy is another name for laparotomy or making an incision into the abdomen.
“water on the brain” What is another term for this?
Hydrocephalus is build-up of cerebrospinal fluid inside the skull.
Purple lesions on the skin of a pig in the shape of a diamond known as “ Diamond skin disease” is caused by what organism?
Erysipelas rhusiopathiae is a bacteria that invades the bloodstream and causes sepsis.
Drawer motion on the hind limb indicates?
cranial cruciate ligament.
The skin of a prepped surgical site is considered?
Aspetic, means the number of bacteria has been reduced below the level that would over whelm the body defense. It is not possible to sterilize skin.
A dog is having a mass removed from his side. What is the term for this procedure?
Lumpectomy is mass removal.
Mastectomy is removal of mammary gland.
The parotid gland is responsible for making and secreting what?
Saliva, The parotid is the largest of the salivary glands.
The small intestine is made of four layers. Name layers from inside to outside.
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa
definition: Asepsis
Asepsis means absolutely no living organisms present.
What is accurate about a cryptorchid dog?
Has one or both testicles retained and not in the scrotum.
The pancreas connects to which part of the intestine?
Duodenum. the pancreas secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum via pancreatic duct.
Definition: Pica
Word used to describe the eating of foreign materials.
In which part of the intestinal tract is nutrient absorption greatest?
Jejunum is longest portion of the small intestine and is the site of the most nutrient absorption.
Which of the following suture/needle combination is most commonly used in veterinary medicine?
A swaged curve needle is one that has the suture connected to the needle. “eye less”
The fetlock joint of a horse refers to what structure?
Metacarpophalangeal joint
“founder” in the horse refers to what?
inflammation of the laminae of the equine hoof and subsequent rotation of 3rd phalanx
A bird that is laying eggs with thin soft shells likely has..?
Hypocalcemia
Which drug is commonly given by IV to humanely euthanize small animals?
Pentobarbital
The dog has an open tibial fracture and pulmonary contusions. What would be the best way to stabilize the fracture?
Robert-Jones bandage
If you take total protien measurement and subtract the albumin, what measurement is left?
Globulins
Olfactory (Smell)
Cranial nerve one 1
Head tilt and loss of balance is associated with what nerve?
vestibulochlear
A major concern when a patient has a long recovery post-op and is laterally recumbent for an extended period of time?
Atelectasis is collapse of all or part of a lung.
principles will always improve radiographic image quality?
Use the highest milliampere (mA) setting and lowest time (s) setting possible to achieve the desired mAs
Exhibiting the symptom of ptyalism has which clinical sign?
Drooling
Term describes an enlarged thyroid gland?
Goiter, the abnormal gross enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What are the chemical constituents of struvite?
Magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate
Coxiella burnetti is the cause of what zoonotic disease in human?
Q-fever
Drug appropriate for use when seizure occurs?
Diazepam
The somatic nervous system is responsible for?
Voluntary motor movement
Ancylostoma causes which zoonotic disease in humans?
Cutaneous larva migrans
term given to the end of the spinal cord?
Cauda equina
What antimicrobial medications should not be administered to young, growing animals?
Enrofloxacin (Fluoroquinolones)
Balfour retractor
Abdomen
Finochietto retractor
Thoracic (Ribs)
A cataract is an opaque protein deposit on which structure?
Lens, opacification or clouding of the lens.
Guaifenesin
Has the property of being a centrally acting muscle relaxant.
Antifreeze will cause the most damage to what organ system?
Renal
Complete blood count
Differential white blood cell count, Plasma protein concentration, Platelet count, PCV, Erythrocyte indices, Hemoglobin concentration.
What anatomic structure is the passageway for both the respiratory and digestive system?
Pharynx
If the serum at the top of a microhematocrit tube appears cloudy, how is it described?
Lipemic
What is the best method for killing Parvovirus
Bleach
