Vocabulary Flashcards

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The inside layer or core of each tooth. It contains connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves

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Pulp

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Temporary or baby teeth

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Desiduous

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The typical number of each type of tooth found in the upper and lower arcades of an animal’s mouth

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Dental formula

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4
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Animal with more than one stomach that swallows food and brings it back up again to continue chewing it

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Ruminate

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5
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Small projections on the surface of the tongue that help control food. In cats there also used for grooming

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Papillae

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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

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Peristalsis

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7
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A condition in which muscles of the esophagus fail to contract

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Megaesophagus

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Part of the digestive process for non ruminants. When food enters the stomach, it’s exposed to digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid

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Gastric juice

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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

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Goblet cells

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10
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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

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Enzymes

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11
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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

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Pancreas

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12
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Stored in liver cells; acts as an energy supply when blood sugar levels become low

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Glycogen

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13
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The cell division of reproductive cells. The result of meiosis is the formation of gametes or spermatazoa in males and ova in females

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Meiosis

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14
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Process that result in the formation of the ova

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Oogenesis

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15
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A muscular tube that connects the epididymis in the testes to the urethra in the male reproductive system

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Vas deferens

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16
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Species that release many ova from each activated ovarian follicle

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Multiparous

17
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The time from the beginning of one reproductive of cycle to the next

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Estrous cycle

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The indentation on every kidney where the blood vessels enter and the ureter exits

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Renal hilus

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The outer course layer of renal tissue

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The kidney’s inner core that contains many microscopic tubules arranged in a parallel manner

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Located inside the kidney’s medulla; where the tubules of the medulla empty urine

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Renal pelvis

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Distention of the kidney

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Hydronephrosis

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The functional unit of the kidney that consists of glomerulus and the associated Bowman’s capsule, renal tubules and blood vessels

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Balance of the internal environment within the body

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Homeostasis

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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
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Measurement of renal blood flow and the ability of the kidneys to filter blood
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
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Also called vasospressin; secreted by the posterior pituitary gland if the body needs to conserve water
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
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Hormones are created by the adrenal gland. The net effect of aldosterone is the conservation of sodium and the elimination of potassium
Aldosterone