Vocabulary Flashcards
The inside layer or core of each tooth. It contains connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves
Pulp
Temporary or baby teeth
Desiduous
The typical number of each type of tooth found in the upper and lower arcades of an animal’s mouth
Dental formula
Animal with more than one stomach that swallows food and brings it back up again to continue chewing it
Ruminate
Small projections on the surface of the tongue that help control food. In cats there also used for grooming
Papillae
The process of muscles contracting and relaxing. In the esophagus, it pushes food from the pharynx to the stomach. In the ureter, it empties into the bladder
Peristalsis
A condition in which muscles of the esophagus fail to contract
Megaesophagus
Part of the digestive process for non ruminants. When food enters the stomach, it’s exposed to digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid
Gastric juice
Located on the mucosa of the small intestine, interspersed with entrocytes; Goblet cells secretes mucus to lubricate the intestine and the food contained within it
Goblet cells
Proteins essential to the chemical digestion of food. Produced by glandular tissue including the salivary glands, stomach, and testing, and accessory organs, such as the pancreas
Enzymes
Organ that aids in the digestive process; compose mostly of clumps of glandular secretary tissue and tubules carrying the pancreatic digestive secretions to the small intestine
Pancreas
Stored in liver cells; acts as an energy supply when blood sugar levels become low
Glycogen
The cell division of reproductive cells. The result of meiosis is the formation of gametes or spermatazoa in males and ova in females
Meiosis
Process that result in the formation of the ova
Oogenesis
A muscular tube that connects the epididymis in the testes to the urethra in the male reproductive system
Vas deferens
Species that release many ova from each activated ovarian follicle
Multiparous
The time from the beginning of one reproductive of cycle to the next
Estrous cycle
The indentation on every kidney where the blood vessels enter and the ureter exits
Renal hilus
The outer course layer of renal tissue
Cortex
The kidney’s inner core that contains many microscopic tubules arranged in a parallel manner
Medulla
Located inside the kidney’s medulla; where the tubules of the medulla empty urine
Renal pelvis
Distention of the kidney
Hydronephrosis
The functional unit of the kidney that consists of glomerulus and the associated Bowman’s capsule, renal tubules and blood vessels
Nephron
Balance of the internal environment within the body
Homeostasis
The liquid that’s the result of the initial glomerular filtration. This filtrate collects in the space within the Bowman’s capsule where it begins to journey down the tubiles
Glomerular filtrate
Measurement of renal blood flow and the ability of the kidneys to filter blood
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
Also called vasospressin; secreted by the posterior pituitary gland if the body needs to conserve water
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
Hormones are created by the adrenal gland. The net effect of aldosterone is the conservation of sodium and the elimination of potassium
Aldosterone
