Vet Medical Sciences

aggressive

likely to attack or resist handling

alert

responsive and aware of surroundings

docile

calm and easy to handle

feral

wild not domesticated

submissive

yielding, non resistant

Anxious

nervous or stressed state

excitable

easily stimulated or reactive

canine

dog

feline

cat

Equine

horse

Porcine

pig

Caprine

goat

Ovine

sheep

Bovine

cattle

avian

birds

Camelid

llama, alpaca

what is a dog's heart (bpm)- 60-160

what is a cat's heart rate

140-220

what is a horse's heart rate

28-44

what is a cattle's heart rate

48-84

what is a goat/sheep heart rate

70-120

what is a dog's respiration

10-30

what is a cat's respiration

30-30

what is a horse's respiration

8-16

what is a cattle's respiration

10-30

what is a goat/sheep respiration

12-20

what is a dog's temp

101-102.5

what is a cat's temp

100.5-102.5

what is a horse's temp

99-101.5

what is a cattle's temp

101-103

what is a goat/sheep temp

101.5-103.5

how many parts are medical terms made up of

5

steps to do when analyzing a medical term

separate word into each component, determine meaning of each component, combine meaning to create definition of complete term

root word

core foundational component of medical term, provides primary meaning of the word, can indicate- specific body part, organ, tissue, or condition

cardi

heart

cardiology

study of the heart

hemat

blood

hematology

study of blood

dermat

skin

dermatology

study of skin

gastr

stomach

gastrology

study of stomach

enter

small intestine

enterology

study of small intestine

combining vowel

used to connect root to another word part, most commonly a suffix. does not contribute to any meaning of the term, simply to improve pronunciation and world flow

what is the most frequently combining vowel

o

what would happen if you didn't have combining vowel

more difficult to pronounce term

arthro

joint

bio

life

carcino

cancer

cephalo

head

colo/colono

colon (large intestine)

cysto

cyst/urinary bladder

cyto

cell

encephalo

brain

erythro

red

glyco

sugar

hepato

liver

leuko

white

nephro

kidney

neuro

nerve

ophthalmo

eye

osteo

bone

patho

disease

rhino

nose

thrombo

clot

uro

urine/urinary tract

prefix

changing mean of term, added to beginning, purpose to modify or clarify meaning of root

sub

below

subgastric

locate below to stomach

epi

above

epigastric

above the stomach

trans

across

transgastric

located through/across the stomach

what does the prefix indicate

location, time, number, or status or root word

a/an

without/lacking of

endo

within

ex/exo

outside/away from

hyper

excessive/above normal

hypo

deficient/below normal

intra

within

retro

behind

cyano

blue

cyanosis

blueish skin from low oxygen

erythrocyte

red blood cell

leukemia

white blood cell disease

xantho

yellow

xanthoderma

yellow skin

melano

black/dark

melanoma

dark pigmented skin cancer

chloro

green

chlorophyll

green pigment

rubro

red

rubor

redness/inflammation

polio

gray

poliomyelitis

gray matter of spinal cord

suffic

found after combining form or root word and adds meaning to root word which can indicate- procedure, condition, disorder, disease

algia

pain

centesis

surgical puncture

cyte

cell