Week One Chp 16 & 17 Flashcards

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What is a signalment

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Description of animal

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Assessment

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Evaluation of a condition

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What does a signalment consist of?

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Species, breed, age, reproductive status, color

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What are vital signs?

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Parameters taken to asses a animals health

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What vital signs are taken?

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Temperature, pulse and pulse rate, heart rate, respiration and respiration rate, blood pressure

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What is auscultation?

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Act of listening to body sounds

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What is palpation?

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Examination by feeling

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What is percussion?

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Exam by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area

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What is a speculum?

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Instrument that holds something open to look into a cavity

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What is venipuncture?

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Anything to do with having to go into a vein

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What is assay?

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Assessment or test

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What does CBC stand for?

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Complete blood count

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What is a refractometer?

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Instrument that measure the refraction of light through things

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What is a centrifuge?

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Instrument that separates blood by spinning

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Dx stands for?

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Diagnosis

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ddx stands for?

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Differential diagnosis

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What is a diagnosis?

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Cause of disease

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What is a differential diagnosis?

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List of possible causes of disease

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What is a prognosis?

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Prediction of the out come of a disease

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What is a sign?

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Something we can see

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What is a symptom?

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Something that is felt by the patient ( not really used in animal med)

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What is acute?

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Fast or short term

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What is chronic?

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Long term

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What does endemic mean?

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Disease of a specific area

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What does epidemic mean?
Disease that spreads out of an area
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What does pandemic mean?
Disease that spreads anywhere and everywhere
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What is a pathogen?
Microorganism that produces disease
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What is a disease?
deviation from normal
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What is a contagious disease?
Disease spreadable through contact with another
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What is iatrogenic disease?
Disease caused by treatment or vet team
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What is nosocomial disease?
Disease achieved from just visiting a hospital
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What is idiopathic disease?
No clue on why the disease is happening
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Bacteria are?
Microscopic, prokaryotic, unicellular
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Fungi are?
Eukaryotic, lacking chlorophyll
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Parasites are?
Live on or I. Another living organism
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Viruses are?
Sub-microscopic, survive only by invading other cells
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Transmission is?
Disease transfer
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Morbidity is?
How many healthy animals vs how many sick animals
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Mortality is?
How many of the diseased animals are alive vs dead
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Prophylaxis is?
Prevention
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Zoonosis is?
Disease transmit able from animal to human
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What is a symptomatic and sub clinical?
Not showing signs of a disease
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What is labile?
Unstable
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What is moribund
Dying or near death
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What is sequela?
When a disease causes another condition
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What is palliative?
Form of treatment ( usually when it can not be cured)
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What is an endoscopy?
Visual examination of the interior of any cavity of the body using an endoscope
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What is a centesis?
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
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What types of imaging are there?
Radiography (X-ray), computed tomography (cat scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluoroscopy (bone scan), ultrasound
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Pharmacology is?
Study of the nature, uses, and effects of drugs
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Pharmacokinetic is?
How the drug move through the body
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Pharmacodynamic is?
How drugs work in the body
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Chelate is?
Bound to and precipitated out of a solution
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Osmosis is?
How water moves through a semipermeable membrane
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Efficacy is?
How a drug functions clinically ( do we see the desired effect)
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What is an analgesic?
Pain medication
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What is an anesthetic?
Pertaining to no pain ( like lidocaine)
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-biotic
Bacterial
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-pyretic
Fever
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-pruritic
Itch
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-toxin
Toxic
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-coagulant
Clotting
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-convulsant
Seizures
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-neoplastic
Tumor (mass)
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-tussive
Cough
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Emetic
Vomiting
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Antiemetic
Anti vomiting
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Monovalent
Made for only one strain
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Polyvalent
Dane for more than one strain
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Asepsis is?
Being without infection
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Antiseptic is?
Against infection
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Disinfectant is?
Used on inanimate objects
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Sterilization is?
Removal of all living material
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Excise is?
To cut out
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Incise
To cut into
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Inversion
Turning in
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Eversion
Turning out
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Transect
Cutting across
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Dissect
Cutting into
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Debridement
Removal of dead tissue
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Dehiscence
Surgical suture site that opens
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Enucleation
Removal of entire thing ( ex: eyeballs)
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Eviseration
To expose or remove internal organs
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Fenestration
A window, hole, or perforation
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Friable
Likely to fall apart, easy to crumble
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Lavage
Irrigation of tissue
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Lumpectomy
Removal of a chunk of something ( mass of tissue)
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Biopsy
Removing living tissue to examine
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Excisional
Removing an entire mass
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Incisional
Removing part of a mass, tissue, or organ
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Needle biopsy
Insertion of a needle into tissue for extraction of a small piece of tissue to be examined
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Punch biopsy
Use of a punch instrument to remove a piece of tissue
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Autoclave
Machine using heat to sterilize
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Boxlock
Hinge of an instruments
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Drape
Covering used to cover parts of animal that are not being operated on
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Pins
Used to repair bones, placed on inside of bone
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Screws
Used to repair bones, placed on the outside of bones
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Needle and threads
Suture material and needles are used by surgeons to close wounds or to tie things
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Monofilament
One strand
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Multifilament
Multiple strands twisted into one
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Swaged
Needle is attached to thread in package
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Taper needle
Tapered to a point
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Cutting needle
Triangle shaped to a point
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Surgical clip
Holds something out of the way during surgery
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Ligation
Tying something.