Clinical examination

Question 1

Pyrexia

Answer 1

Abnormally high temperature which can be caused by infection

Question 2

Diphasic (temperature)

Answer 2

Temperature that fluctuates between high and low values

Question 3

6 pulse points

Answer 3

Femoral
Dorsal pedal
Brachial
Digital
Coccygeal
Lingual

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

Abnormally slow heart rate

Question 5

Hyperdynamic circulation

Answer 5

Abnormally increased circulating blood volume due to low BP

Question 6

Hyperkinetic pulse

Answer 6

Abnormally strong and jerky

Question 7

Sinus arrhythmia

Answer 7

Normal heart response to the respiratory pattern
A slight elevation on inspiration and a slight decrease on expiration

Question 8

Tachycardia

Answer 8

Abnormally fast heart rate

Question 9

Anoxia

Answer 9

Lack of oxygen in the body tissues

Question 10

Bradypnoea

Answer 10

Abnormally slow respiratory rate

Question 11

Cheyne-Stokes breathing

Answer 11

Abnormal pattern of breathing
Respirations become faster and larger, then slower, follows by an apneic pause

Question 12

Hyperpnoea

Answer 12

Large respirations
Rate normal

Question 13

Hypoxia

Answer 13

Abnormally low amounts of oxygen in the body tissues

Question 14

Orthopnoea

Answer 14

Positional breathing when an animal is severely dyspnoeic

Question 15

Tachypnoea

Answer 15

Abnormally fast respiration rate

Question 16

Pink/white MMs

Answer 16

Pallor

Question 17

Blue/purple MMs

Answer 17

Cyanotic

Question 18

Yellow MMs

Answer 18

Jaundiced/icteric

Question 19

Petechiae

Answer 19

Small red/purple spots on the MMs
Clotting problems/internal bleeding

Question 20

Red MMs

Answer 20

Congested
Sepsis/fever

Question 21

Haematemesis

Answer 21

Vomiting blood

Question 22

Cholemesis

Answer 22

Vomiting bile

Question 23

Stercorous/stercoraceous vomiting

Answer 23

Vomiting faecal matter

Question 24

Pica

Answer 24

Eating of strange objects

Question 25

Capricious eater

Answer 25

Picky, fickle eater

Question 26

Coprophagia

Answer 26

Ingestion of faeces Normal in rabbits and guinea pigs

Question 27

Normal urine production for dogs and cats

Answer 27

1-2ml/kg/hour

Question 28

Normal urine production for rabbits

Answer 28

12-48ml/kg/day

Question 29

Polyuria

Answer 29

Lots of urine produced

Question 30

Oliguria

Answer 30

Reduced urine production

Question 31

Caecotroph

Answer 31

Moist, clusters of soft faeces produced by rabbits/guinea pigs Eaten and re-digested to remove essential nutrients and proteins

Question 32

Ileus

Answer 32

Gut stasis

Question 33

Tenesmus

Answer 33

Straining when defecating