History and Physical Examination

What are the names of the numerical systems used to assess the animal’s body mass?

Body Condition Score and Muscle Condition Score

If a walk-on scale for horses is unavailable, you may use what tool to measure and convert into total body weight?

Heart-girth tape

A proper examination of the integumentary system includes assessment of which of the following?

Skin, hair, nails, paws, and scales

What does VCPR mean?

Veterinarian Client Patient Relationship

When obtaining vital signs of weight, heart rate, respiration rate, mucous membrane color, capillary refill time, and body temperature, which vital sign should you obtain last?

Temperature

A body systems history and review may be approached in which of the following ways?

Nose to tail, system by system

The examination of the gastrointestinal system should begin where?

The mouth

Which of these vital signs should be identical to each other, even though they’re two separate vital signs being tested?

Heart rate and pulse rate

Which section of the medial record contains quantifiable data about the animal?

Objective

What’s the purpose of palpation in a physical exam?

it involves touch and how the various body tissues and structures feel.

What’s the normal temperature for a horse?

99°F to 101°F

When counting the respiratory rate, if you auscultate for 15 seconds, you should multiply the result by what number to arrive at breaths per minute?

4

Which section of the medical record contains the possible differential diagnoses for the problem?

Assesment

It’s important that veterinary technicians ask what type of questions to the client to gather the best data?

open-ended questions

In what order are medical records typically kept?

Reverse Chronological Order

What is signalment?

the overall patient description

What is a part of the respiratory system?

nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs

What is a part of the circulatory system?

the heart, blood, and blood vessels

What is a part of the gastrointestinal system?

mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, anus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas

what is a part of the urogenital system?

kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, reproductive organs (male – penis, prostate, testes; female – ovaries, uterus, vagina)

what are a part of the musculoskeletal system?

bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, connective tissues

What is a part of the nervous system?

brain, spinal cord, nerves

Bradycardia definition?

abnormally slow heart rate

Tachycardia definition?

abnormally fast heart rate

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Definition

heart rate cyclically decreases when the animal exhales and increases when the animal inhales

Murmur Definition

abnormal “swooshing” sounds relating to the improper closure of heart valves or other cardiac diseases

Stridor Definition

high pitched noises on inspiration or expiration

Pale or white Gum color?

Shock

Blue or Purple Gum color (Cyanotic)

hypothermia, cardiac or respiratory disease

Red (hyperemic) gum color?

Shock or hyperthermia