Small Animal Clinical Procedures

Question 1

Anisocoria

Answer 1

pupils are different sizes

Question 2

exotropia

Answer 2

lateral strabismus

Question 3

esotropia

Answer 3

medial strabismus

Question 4

hypotropia

Answer 4

ventral strabismus (eye turns downward)

Question 5

hypertropia

Answer 5

dorsal strabismus (eye turns upward)

Question 6

entropion

Answer 6

eyelid folds inward

Question 7

ectropion

Answer 7

eyelid turns outward

Question 8

blepharospasm

Answer 8

eye twitching

Question 9

ptosis

Answer 9

drooping of upper eyelid

lazy eye

Question 10

Cranial nerves involved in the Menace Response

Answer 10

II (Optic) going in

VII (Facial) going out

Question 11

Cranial nerves involved in Pupillary Light Reflex

Answer 11

II (Optic) going in

III (Oculomotor) going out

Question 12

Cranial nerves involved in the Palpebral Reflex

Answer 12

V (Trigeminal) going in

VII (Facial) going out

Question 13

Cranial nerve involved in tongue function

Answer 13

XII (Hypoglossal)

Question 14

Lymph nodes routinely palpated in small animal physical examination

Answer 14

Mandibular lymph nodes
Superficial cervical lymph nodes
Popliteal lymph nodes

Question 15

Which lymph nodes are usually only palpable if they are enlarged in small animals

Answer 15

axillary and inguinal lymph nodes

Question 16

possible reason for increased resonance of thoracic percussion

Answer 16

pneumothorax

Question 17

possible reason for decreased resonance of thoracic percussion

Answer 17

pleural effusion or mass lesions

Question 18

Where is the cardiac PMI usually located

Answer 18

left 5th intercostal space

coincides with the left AV valve (Mitral valve)

Question 19

respiratory sinus arrhythmias are common in

Answer 19

dogs

Question 20

respiratory sinus arrhythmias are rarely heard in

Answer 20

cats

Question 21

stridor

Answer 21

wheezing

associated with larynx or trachea

Question 22

stertor

Answer 22

snoring

nose noises

Question 23

Thoracic limb withdrawal reflex tests which nerves

Answer 23

radial, musculocutaneous and ulnar nerves

Question 24

Pelvic limb withdrawal reflex tests which nerves

Answer 24

tibial and common fibular nerve

Question 25

Patellar reflex tests which nerves

Answer 25

Femoral nerve