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Quiz #7 Flashcards

1
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Abscess

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A cavity filled with pus

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Acute

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Of sudden onset; having a short course.

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Agnoal

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Pertaining to the struggling seen just before death.

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Altered

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Has been “fixed” (spayed or neutered)

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Aspiration

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To remove fluid or gas from a cavity by suction.

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Autoclave

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Machine that sterilizes medical instruments and materials by use of steam under pressure.

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Auscultation

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Act of listening for sound within the body, usually with a stethoscope.

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Alopecia

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Loss of hair from an area in which hair is normally present.

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Anorexia

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Lack of appetite

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Anesthesia

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State of being without sensation, especially to pain. May or may not be accompanied by unconsciousness (general vs local).

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Allergy

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Hypersensitivity acquired through exposure to a particular substance (allergen).

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Antibody

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Protein produced by lymphoid tissue in response to exposure to an invading organism or foreign substance.

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Biopsy

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Removal of a small amount of tissue from the body for examination, usually microscopic.

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Brachycephalic

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Having a short, wide head. Usually used to describe dogs with shortened faces, such as Bulldogs, Boxers, Boston Terriers, Pugs…

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Benign

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Not malignant; with a favorable prognosis.

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Barren:

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Unable to bear offspring; sterile

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Breach

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Presentation of the fetal buttocks and tail in the birth canal during labor, with the hind limbs retained or extended beneath the fetal body.

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Bolus

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Large volume of fluid rapidly given intravenously.

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Bloat

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Gaseous distention of the stomach or cecum.

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Castrate

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To destroy surgically or remove the testes.

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Colic

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Severe, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by intestinal gas or obstruction in the intestines.

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Convulsion

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Violent, involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles, originating from a neurological disorder.

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Cancer

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A malignant tumor.

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Centrifuge

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Machine that spins solutions at very high speeds so as to separate the lighter portions from the heavier portions.

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Congenital

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Present at birth

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Culture and sensitivity

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A culture tests growth of microorganisms on living tissue cells or an artificial medium. A sensitivity test checks to see what kind of medicine, such as an antibiotic, will work best to treat the illness or infection

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Chronic

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Persisting over a long period.

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Copopulation

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Sexual union; coitus.

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Catheter

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A tubular instrument used to withdraw fluid from the body, such as a body cavity or the urinary bladder, or to administer fluids, such as into a vein, artery or body cavity.

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Cautery

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Application of a cold or hot instrument, electric current or corrosive substance to stop hemorrhage or destroy tissues.

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Declaw

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Surgical excision of the claws, AKA Onychectomy.

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deride

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urgical removal of foreign matter and devitalized tissues from a wound.

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Dilataion

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Action of stretching to make bigger.

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Dolichocephalic

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Having a long head, such as in Collies, Greyhounds …

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Defecation

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Natural evacuation of fecal material from the rectum.

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Emesis

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Act of vomiting.

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Enema

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Liquid injected into the rectum to stimulate bowel movement.

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Enucleation

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Removal of the eyeball after cutting the muscles and optic nerve.

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Elizabethan Collar

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Funnel-shaped sheet of cardboard or plastic placed around an animal’s neck to prevent self-mutilation.

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Edema

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Accumulation of excessive fluid in the spaces between cells of tissue.

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Emaciation

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State of extreme weight loss; abnormally thin and weak.

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epilepsy

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Disturbance of brain function characterized by intermittent periods of seizure activity, loss of consciousness or other neurologic abnormalities.

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Euthanasia

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Painless death.

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Embolism

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Sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign material brought to the area by the flow of blood.

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Gestation

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Period of embryonic and fetal development from fertilization until birth; period of pregnancy.

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Gravid

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Pregnant; containing developing young.

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Hernia

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Protrusion of an organ or tissue through an abdominal opening.

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Idiopathic

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Of unknown cause

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Inbreeding

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Mating of closely related animals with similar genetic constitutions, such as mother to son or brother to sister

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Incontinet

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Unable to control urination or defecation.

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Inflammation

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Localized tissue response to injury, characterized by heat, swelling, redness, pain and loss of function.

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Intact

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State of being sexually whole, and not spayed or castrated.

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Intubate

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To insert a tube into a body canal or hollow organ, such as the trachea or stomach.

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Jaundice

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Yellow discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile pigments; icterus

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Lance

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To cut open with a pointed knife or scalpel.

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Malignant

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Tending to become progressively worse and result in death. Often used to define potentially fatal tumors.

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Mortality

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Death rate; ratio of total deaths in a given population (may or may not be limited to a particular disease) to the total number of animals in a given population.

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Morbidity

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Ratio of sick to healthy animals in a population.

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Necropsy

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Examination of a body after death. Necropsy is the preferred term for examination of animal cadavers, while autopsy is the preferred term for examination of human cadavers.

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Neuter

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To castrate or spay an animal; an animal whose gonads have been removed.

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Prolapse

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Protrusion, falling down or sinking of an organ or part of an organ. Often implies eversion of an organ through normal body opening.

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Purulent

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Consisting of or containing pus.

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Palpation

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Using the hands to feel body parts during physical examination.

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Peristalsis

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Contraction by the smooth muscles of the alimentary tract or other tubular organ to propel its contents.

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Parturition

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The act of giving birth

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Petechia

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Pinpoint, round hemorrhages on the skin or on a serosal surface. Petechiae are smaller than ecchymoses (bruising).

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Rigor Mortis

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Stiffening of a dead body.

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Splint

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A rigid or flexible appliance used to stabilize or prevent movement of a part

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Suture

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Material used to close a wound or tie off a bleeding vessel; type of fibrous union of tissue in which the opposed surfaces are closely united.

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Sprain

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Injury, but not rupture, of ligaments supporting a joint.

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Spay

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Ovariohysterectomy; to remove the ovaries and uterus of an animal.

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Sepsis

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Presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood.

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Therapeutics

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Study of the treatment of disease with the use of drugs.

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Toxicology

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Study of poisons and other toxic substances.

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Tumor

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A swelling or pathological enlargement of tissues; a neoplasm.

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Turbidity

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Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye.

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Unaltered

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Animal is not fixed (spayed or neutered)

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Vaccine

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A suspension of killed or attenuated microorganisms that, when introduced into the body, stimulates an immune response against that microorganism.

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Zoonosis

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A disease of animals that can be transmitted to people, under natural conditions.

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