Quizzes Flashcards
A common term meaning to catch a disease is:
Contract
Examination by feeling is:
Palpation
An animal that lacks resistance to a disease is said to be:
Susceptible
Another term for dull is:
Blunt
A stiff dressing used for immobilization of various body parts is a:
Cast
To eviscerate is to:
Expose or remove internal organs
“Easily crumbled” is also known as:
Friable
A ________ is an instrument that is used to measure blood pressure.
Sphygmomanometer
What is endemic?
Enzootic
Epidemic
Enzootic
Pandemic
Occurring over a large geographic area
Remission
Partial or complete disappearance of disease, signs, and/or symptoms
Chronic
Having a long course
Acute
Sudden onset
Syndrome
Set of signs that occur together
Sign
Characteristic of disease observed by others
Percutaneous
Through the skin
Sublingual
Under the tongue
Oral
By mouth
Rectal
By rectum
Parenteral
Route other than the gastrointestinal tract
Non parenteral
Via the GI tract
Intradermal
Within the skin
Intramuscular
Within the muscle
Intravenous
Within the vein
Intraperitoneal
Within the peritoneal cavity
Subcutaneous
Under the skin
Inhalation
Gas through the nose and mouth
Symptom
Characteristic of disease that can only be sensed by the patient
Antibodies are:
Immunoglobulins
An anticoagulant is a substance that…
Prevents blood from clotting
What is the name of the liquid part of blood that has been treated with an anticoagulant to keep clotting proteins in it?
Plasma
Hypochromia means…
A condition in which RBCs have a decreased hemoglobin content caused decreased pigmentation
Combining form for blood
Hemat/o
Combining form for cell
-cyte
Combining form for without
a-
Combining form for against
Anti-
Combining form for many
Poly
Combining form for irregular
Poikilo-
Definition of microcytic
Small cell size
Definition of anisocytosis
Condition of unequal cell size
Definition of lymphocyte
Agranulocyticn WBC that has phagocytic and antibody formation functions
Definition of eosinophil
Granulocytic WBC that detoxifies allergens or parasitic infections
Definition of basophil
Class of granulocytic leukocyte that promotes the inflammatory response and contains histamine in its cytoplasmic granules
The central, pale area of a re blood cell that represents the thinnest part of biconcave disc is the area of ________ _________
Central pallor
A ________ is any abnormal new growth of tissue in which the multiplication ifs is uncontrolled, more rapid than normal, and progressive
Neoplasm
Collection of fluid in the intercellular space would be called what in a medical record?
Edema
Something that remains open is said to be…
Patent
Blood flow through a tissue is…
Perfusion
What do atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects have in common?
Both involve abnormal wall openings that separate that hearts right and left sides
The procedure of ultra sounding the heart is called
Echocardiography
Which layer of the heart wall lines the heart chambers and valves
Endocardium
In the circulatory system ________ circulation covers blood flow to all parts of the body except the lung
Systemic
In the heart, the half moon shaped _______ _______ valve controls blood entering the arterial system from its location between the left ventricle and the aorta.
Aortic semilunar
Of the three types of blood vessels, blood flows most slowly through the ________ allowing more time for the diffusion of oxygen, nutrients, and waste products
Capillaries
Combining form for brady
Abnormally slow
Combining form for tachy
Abnormally fast
Combining form for ech/o
Sound
Combining form for man/o
Pressure
Combining form for oxia
Oxygen or oxygenationy
What is angiogram
Record of vessels
Medical term for removal of a part
Ablation
Collection or mass Of blood on the outer ear
Aural hematoma
Instrument used to examine the ear
Otoscope
Opposite of ever soon of the eyelid
Entropion
Combining form for eye or sight
Opt/i, opt/o, optic/o, ocul/o, ophthalm/o
Combining form for eyelid
Blephar/o
Combining form for hard
Scler/o
Combining for iris
Ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
Combining form for pupil
Pupill/o, core/o
Combining form for pit
Fove/o
Combining form for water
Aque/o
Combining form for ear
Audit/o aud/i or ot/o
Combing form for eardrum
Myring/I tympan/o
In the eyes of most species the ______ _______ is the brightly colored iridescent reflecting tissue layer of the choroid
Tapetum lucidum
In the middle ear, the _______ is the auditory ossicle known as the stirrup
Stapes
The instrument user to examine eyes is called what?
Ophthalmoscope
How would you describe different sized pupils on a medical record
Anisocoria
Which gland regulates metabolism and iodine uptake?
Thyroid
Chemical secretion of endocrine glands
Hormones
Disease of adrenal glands
Adrenopathy
Enlargement of thyroid gland
Thyromegaly
Plural of stimulus
Stimuli
Production of new glucose
Gluconeogenesis
Inflammation of pancreas
Pancreatitis
Abnormal condition if deficient hormone secretion from the gonads
Hypogonadism
Condition of normal thyroid function
Euthyroidism
Abnormally high blood calcium levels
Hypercalcemia
The ________, which has both exocrine and endocrine functions, is an aggregation of cels near the proximal duodenum
Pancreas
One of the thyroid hormones that regulates metabolism, is abbreviated T3
Triiodothyronine
An unthrifty and underweight cat usually has an issue with increased metabolism related to increased levels of certain hormones. What is the medical term for the condition the cat is likely to have?
Hyperthyroidism
