Week One Chp 16 & 17

Question 0

What is a signalment

Answer 0

Description of animal

Question 1

Assessment

Answer 1

Evaluation of a condition

Question 2

What does a signalment consist of?

Answer 2

Species, breed, age, reproductive status, color

Question 3

What are vital signs?

Answer 3

Parameters taken to asses a animals health

Question 4

What vital signs are taken?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is auscultation?

Answer 5

Act of listening to body sounds

Question 6

What is palpation?

Answer 6

Examination by feeling

Question 7

What is percussion?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is a speculum?

Answer 8

Instrument that holds something open to look into a cavity

Question 9

What is venipuncture?

Answer 9

Anything to do with having to go into a vein

Question 10

What is assay?

Answer 10

Assessment or test

Question 11

What does CBC stand for?

Answer 11

Complete blood count

Question 12

What is a refractometer?

Answer 12

Instrument that measure the refraction of light through things

Question 13

What is a centrifuge?

Answer 13

Instrument that separates blood by spinning

Question 14

Dx stands for?

Answer 14

Diagnosis

Question 15

ddx stands for?

Answer 15

Differential diagnosis

Question 16

What is a diagnosis?

Answer 16

Cause of disease

Question 17

What is a differential diagnosis?

Answer 17

List of possible causes of disease

Question 18

What is a prognosis?

Answer 18

Prediction of the out come of a disease

Question 19

What is a sign?

Answer 19

Something we can see

Question 20

What is a symptom?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What is acute?

Answer 21

Fast or short term

Question 22

What is chronic?

Answer 22

Long term

Question 23

What does endemic mean?

Answer 23

Disease of a specific area

Question 24

What does epidemic mean?

Answer 24

Disease that spreads out of an area

Question 25

What does pandemic mean?

Answer 25

Disease that spreads anywhere and everywhere

Question 26

What is a pathogen?

Answer 26

Microorganism that produces disease

Question 27

What is a disease?

Answer 27

deviation from normal

Question 28

What is a contagious disease?

Answer 28

Disease spreadable through contact with another

Question 29

What is iatrogenic disease?

Answer 29

Disease caused by treatment or vet team

Question 30

What is nosocomial disease?

Answer 30

Disease achieved from just visiting a hospital

Question 31

What is idiopathic disease?

Answer 31

No clue on why the disease is happening

Question 32

Bacteria are?

Answer 32

Microscopic, prokaryotic, unicellular

Question 33

Fungi are?

Answer 33

Eukaryotic, lacking chlorophyll

Question 34

Parasites are?

Answer 34

Live on or I. Another living organism

Question 35

Viruses are?

Answer 35

Sub-microscopic, survive only by invading other cells

Question 36

Transmission is?

Answer 36

Disease transfer

Question 37

Morbidity is?

Answer 37

How many healthy animals vs how many sick animals

Question 38

Mortality is?

Answer 38

How many of the diseased animals are alive vs dead

Question 39

Prophylaxis is?

Answer 39

Prevention

Question 40

Zoonosis is?

Answer 40

Disease transmit able from animal to human

Question 41

What is a symptomatic and sub clinical?

Answer 41

Not showing signs of a disease

Question 42

What is labile?

Answer 42

Unstable

Question 43

What is moribund

Answer 43

Dying or near death

Question 44

What is sequela?

Answer 44

When a disease causes another condition

Question 45

What is palliative?

Answer 45

Form of treatment ( usually when it can not be cured)

Question 46

What is an endoscopy?

Answer 46

Visual examination of the interior of any cavity of the body using an endoscope

Question 47

What is a centesis?

Answer 47

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

Question 48

What types of imaging are there?

Answer 48

Radiography (X-ray), computed tomography (cat scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluoroscopy (bone scan), ultrasound

Question 49

Pharmacology is?

Answer 49

Study of the nature, uses, and effects of drugs

Question 50

Pharmacokinetic is?

Answer 50

How the drug move through the body

Question 51

Pharmacodynamic is?

Answer 51

How drugs work in the body

Question 52

Chelate is?

Answer 52

Bound to and precipitated out of a solution

Question 53

Osmosis is?

Answer 53

How water moves through a semipermeable membrane

Question 54

Efficacy is?

Answer 54

How a drug functions clinically ( do we see the desired effect)

Question 55

What is an analgesic?

Answer 55

Pain medication

Question 56

What is an anesthetic?

Answer 56

Pertaining to no pain ( like lidocaine)

Question 57

-biotic

Answer 57

Bacterial

Question 58

-pyretic

Answer 58

Fever

Question 59

-pruritic

Answer 59

Itch

Question 60

-toxin

Answer 60

Toxic

Question 61

-coagulant

Answer 61

Clotting

Question 62

-convulsant

Answer 62

Seizures

Question 63

-neoplastic

Answer 63

Tumor (mass)

Question 64

-tussive

Answer 64

Cough

Question 65

Emetic

Answer 65

Vomiting

Question 66

Antiemetic

Answer 66

Anti vomiting

Question 67

Monovalent

Answer 67

Made for only one strain

Question 68

Polyvalent

Answer 68

Dane for more than one strain

Question 69

Asepsis is?

Answer 69

Being without infection

Question 70

Antiseptic is?

Answer 70

Against infection

Question 71

Disinfectant is?

Answer 71

Used on inanimate objects

Question 72

Sterilization is?

Answer 72

Removal of all living material

Question 73

Excise is?

Answer 73

To cut out

Question 74

Incise

Answer 74

To cut into

Question 75

Inversion

Answer 75

Turning in

Question 76

Eversion

Answer 76

Turning out

Question 77

Transect

Answer 77

Cutting across

Question 78

Dissect

Answer 78

Cutting into

Question 79

Debridement

Answer 79

Removal of dead tissue

Question 80

Dehiscence

Answer 80

Surgical suture site that opens

Question 81

Enucleation

Answer 81

Removal of entire thing ( ex: eyeballs)

Question 82

Eviseration

Answer 82

To expose or remove internal organs

Question 83

Fenestration

Answer 83

A window, hole, or perforation

Question 84

Friable

Answer 84

Likely to fall apart, easy to crumble

Question 85

Lavage

Answer 85

Irrigation of tissue

Question 86

Lumpectomy

Answer 86

Removal of a chunk of something ( mass of tissue)

Question 87

Biopsy

Answer 87

Removing living tissue to examine

Question 88

Excisional

Answer 88

Removing an entire mass

Question 89

Incisional

Answer 89

Removing part of a mass, tissue, or organ

Question 90

Needle biopsy

Answer 90

Insertion of a needle into tissue for extraction of a small piece of tissue to be examined

Question 91

Punch biopsy

Answer 91

Use of a punch instrument to remove a piece of tissue

Question 92

Autoclave

Answer 92

Machine using heat to sterilize

Question 93

Boxlock

Answer 93

Hinge of an instruments

Question 94

Drape

Answer 94

Covering used to cover parts of animal that are not being operated on

Question 95

Pins

Answer 95

Used to repair bones, placed on inside of bone

Question 96

Screws

Answer 96

Used to repair bones, placed on the outside of bones

Question 97

Needle and threads

Answer 97

Suture material and needles are used by surgeons to close wounds or to tie things

Question 98

Monofilament

Answer 98

One strand

Question 99

Multifilament

Answer 99

Multiple strands twisted into one

Question 100

Swaged

Answer 100

Needle is attached to thread in package

Question 101

Taper needle

Answer 101

Tapered to a point

Question 102

Cutting needle

Answer 102

Triangle shaped to a point

Question 103

Surgical clip

Answer 103

Holds something out of the way during surgery

Question 104

Ligation

Answer 104

Tying something.