vet term exam

What does ADH stand for

Antidiuretic hormone

An abnormal position of the teeth resulting in a faulty bite

Malocclusion

Antiemetic would produce what result

Prevent vomiting

Hyperglycemia

Increased glucose in blood

What is the central urine collecting region in the kidney

Renal pelvis

How many urethras does the body have?

1

Azot/o

Nitrogen

Ile/o

Part of the pelvis

Olig/o

Scanty

3 steps of urine formation

Filtration, reabsorption, excretion

Which kidney normally sits more cranially

Right kidney

Slow or painful urination

Stranguria

What part of the nephron is a collection of capillaries

Glomerulus

What structure controls flow of urine out of the bladder and into the urethra

Sphincters

Turbid

Cloudiness

Which part of the nephron filters blood

Glomerulus

Outer layer of the kidney

Cortex

urinary calculus

Urinary bladder stones

Pollakiuria

Frequent urination

Function of the ureter

Carries urine to the urinary bladder

Nephrosclerosis

Hardening of the kidney

Abbreviation for separating urine into its components

U/A

Colloquial term for enuresis

Urinary incontinence

A diuretic would have what affect on the urinary system?

Increased urine production

Increased thirst is abbreviated

PD

Another name for azotemia

Uremia

K+

Potassium

Na+

Sodium

Scler/o

Hard

Gon/i

Angle or seed

Concuss/o

Shaken together violently

Narc/o

Sleep, stupor, numbness

White outer layer of the eye

Sclera

What anatomical structure creates the blind spot of the eye

Optic disc

Medical term for eardrum

Tympanic membrane

Which muscle controls the amount of light that enters the pupil

Iris

What bone is an auditory ossicle

Incus

Nystagmus

Rapid back and forth movement of the eyes

Rods and cones have why function in the eye

Photoreceptors

Brightly colored iridescent, reflecting tissue layer that allows nocturnal species to see at night

tapetum Lucidum

The medical term for separation detachment or removal by cutting off the external ear canal

Ablation

Pinna is also known as

Auricle

Collectively, the pia matter dura matter and arachnoid membranes are called what

Meninges

Cranial nerve that controls the voice box Throat, chest movements and abdominal sensations

Vagus

Impaired consciousness with unresponsiveness to stimuli is known as

Stupor

Basic structure of the nervous system

Neuron

FNA

Using a syringe for a collection of fluids/cells

FAD

Hypersensitivity to flea saliva

Squam/o

Scale

Steat/o

Fat, sebum

Adrenal is located

Suprarenal

Thymus is located

Cranial mediastinum, immunity

Pancreas is located

Subgastric

Another term for Hooved animas

ungulates

Hidrosis

Sweating

blackhead or buildup of sebum and keratin in a pore

Comedone

Over functioning eccrine glands produce excessive amounts of what substance

Sweat

Corium is also known as

Dermis

What hormone transports blood glucose to the cells?

Insulin

What structure secretes, releasing, and inhibiting factors that affects the function of the pituitary gland

Hypothalamus

A malignant black tumor of the skin

Melanoma

Steatoma is also known as

Sebaceous cyst

An abrasion is

Superficial

A Laceration is

Deep

The opposite of Addison’s disease is

Hyperadrenocorticism

The significance of the master gland is that it

Secrete hormones to which other glands respond

Vasopressin is also known as

ADH

what hormones stimulates lactogenisis

Prolactin

What gland regulates metabolism and iodine uptake

Thyroid

Deficient gland secretion is called

Hypocrinism

Disease of the adrenal gland is called

Adrenopathy

Epinephrine is also known

Adrenaline

Specialized cells in the pancreas that produces secretions that maintain normal BG

Islets of langerhans

Chemical secretions of endocrine glands are called

Hormones

What term is used to describe the state of equilibrium desired by the bodies, internal environment

Homeostasis

Another name for erythrocytosis

Polycythemia

What organ conjugates bilirubin

Liver

Pan-

All or entire

Fibrin

Protein threads forming the basis of a clot

Thrombin

Enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin

WBC is also called

Leukocytes

Condition when RBC are unequal in size

Anisocytosis

Another term for immunoglobulins

Antibodies

Most common inherited bleeding disorder in dogs

von willebrands

Decrease in RBC and or hemoglobin

Anemia

Liquid portion of the blood that’s been allowed to clot to remove clotting protein

Serum

The liquid portion of the blood treated with an anticoagulant to keep clotting proteins in is called

Plasma

Medical term for producing a disease

Pathogenic

Study of form is called

Morphology

Cell mediated immunity is associated with what type of specialized cells?

T-cells

Coagulation is another word for

Clotting

Extensive blood loss due to hemorrhage is called

Exsanguination

Hypochromia

RBC’s are less red than normal

Asystole

Lack of heart contractions

Fibrillation

Rapid, random and ineffective

Sept/o

Partition

Para-

Near beside

Angi/o

Vessel

Ather/o

Plaque