RED/PURPLE Flashcards
WHY DONT CATS GET UTIs?
- HIGH pH FROM THEIR HIGH PROTEIN DIETS
- HIGH OSMOLALITY (>1.035)
- HIGH CONC. OF TAMM HORSFALL MUCOPROTEIN
- ANTIMICROBIAL MOLECULES PRODUCED BY KIDNEY
FOR A RECURRENT/ RELAPSING INFECTION, WHEN SHOULD A URINE CULTURE BE DONE?
3-5 DAYS AFTER INITIATION OF APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC
HOW LONG AFTER COMPLETION OF A COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS SHOULD A URINE CULTURE BE TAKEN?
2-3 WEEKS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CANNOT USE INACTIVE SEDIMENT EXAM AS A SUBSTITUE FOR URINE CULTURE?
A. DIABETES MELLITUS
B. HYPERADRENOCORTICISM
C. DILUTE URINE
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHICH IS NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUTD?
A. FEINE CALICIVIRUS
B. UROLITHS
C. HERPES VIRUS
D. STRESS.
ERPES VIRUS
what is the best aim of the neurological exam?
best determinant of the loss of deep pain sensation
state the two spi Al reflexes that should always be done
patellar reflex- hind limbs
withdrawal reflex- all limbs
they are indicators of LMN
which is not true of horner’s syndrome
a. enophthalmos
b. cranial nerve dysfunction
c. 3rd eyelid protrusion
d.miosis
e. ptosis
b…..it’s not cranial nerve dysfunction
for UMN and LMN signs…….state the following
reflex
tone
atrophy
pain perception
UMN…..NORMAL TO INCREASED TONE AND REFLEXES, DISUSE ATROPHY, POOR PAIN PERCEPTION
LMN……DECREASED TO ABSENT REFLEXES, DECREASED TO FLACCID TONE, NEUROGENIC ATROPHY, GOOD PAIN PERCEPTION
ATAXIA + ______ ________ CONFIRMS NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE
PROPRIOCEPTIVE DEFICITS
WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF ATAXIA?
- SENSORY / PROPRIOCEPTIVE ATAXIA
- CEREBELLAR ATAXIA
- VESTIBULAR ATAXIA
WHICH WILL HAVE MILDER CLINICAL SIGNS?
LESION IN SPINAL NERVE
LESION IN PERIPHERAL NERVE
SPINAL NERVE
LIST THE FOUR CLINICALLY IMPORTANT PERIPHERAL NERVES
- RADIAL……C7-T1
- FEMORAL……..L3- L4
- SCIATIC….L4-L5
- PEUDENDAL…L5-L6
RADICAL FEMALES SEVER PATRIARCHY
WHICH IS NOT TRUE OF A DECERBRATE POSTURE
A.OPISTHOTONOS
B. COMPLETE EXTENSOR RIGIDITY
C. ACUTE CEREBELLAR LESIONS
D. DOES NOT DETECT DEEP PAIN
C.SEVERE ROSTRAL BRAIN STEM LESIONS
EXPLAIN SCHIFF SHERRINGTON
FORELIMB EXTENSOR RIGIDITY
HIND LIMBS FLACCID PARAPLEGIA
SEVERE T3-T3-L3 MYELOPATHY
L2-L4 LESION
WHAT TYPE OF LESIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEIZURES?
CEREBRAL CORTEX LESIONS
WHAT DOES THE “ CATCHING FLIES” CLINICL SIGN INDICATE?
PARTIAL SEIZURE
STATE THE THREE TYPES OF STRABISMUS LESIONS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE DOG
- VENTROLATERAL STRABISMUS- OCULOMOTOR NERVE 3
2.LATERAL ROTATIONAL STRABISMUS- TROCHLEAR NERVE 4 - MEDIAL STRABISMUS LACK OF GLOBE RETRACTION- ABDUCENS NERVE 6
WHAT TYPE OF STRABISMUS IS FOUND IN THE CAT INVOLVING LESIONS ON TROCHLEAR NERVE 4
DORSOMEDIAL STRABISMUS
NAME ONE RECEPTOR AND ONE ENZYME RELEVANT TO JUNCTIONOPATHIES
NICOTINIC RECEPTORS
ANTICHOLINESTERASE
LMN IS GENERALIZED —— BUT UMN IS ATAXIA
WEAKNESS
WHAT IS THE LARGEST ORGAN OF THE BODY?
SKIN
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A NEW HEALTHY SKIN CELL TO MATURE?
4 WEEKS
MACULE?
WELL CIRCUMSCRIBED, FLAT DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN <1CM IN DIAMETER