Lesson 4 Section 4C General Vet Terminology

Question 1

What is an antigen?

Answer 1

Substance that stimulates the body’s immune system

Question 2

What is an anticoagulant?

Answer 2

Substance that hinders blood clotting

Question 3

What is atrophic rhinitis?

Answer 3

Wasting away of mucous membranes or glands

Question 4

What is avulsion?

Answer 4

Detachment or tearing away of a body part

Question 5

What is Brucellosis?

Answer 5

an infection caused by brucella bacteria

Question 6

What is Canine Distemper?

Answer 6

Viral disease of dogs, marked by fever and respiratory problems

Question 7

What is Canine Parvovirus?

Answer 7

Virus that causes a deadly disease in dogs

Question 8

What is cardiomyopathy?

Answer 8

Chronic disorder of the heart

Question 9

What is cortisone?

Answer 9

Anti-inflammatory hormone

Question 10

What is the difference between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipitus?

Answer 10

DM=caused by inadequate supply of insulin. DI= Caused by pituitary disorder and leads to kidney disease

Question 11

What is a dissociative aent?

Answer 11

Anesthetic that chemically separates out perceptions of pain

Question 12

What is endogenous?

Answer 12

Originating from within the organism

Question 13

Enzootic pneumonia

Answer 13

Infection of the lungs found in specific kinds of animals

Question 14

What is epiphysis?

Answer 14

Part of bone where growth occurs; often a breakage site in young animals

Question 15

What is exogenous?

Answer 15

Originating from outside the organism

Question 16

What Feline Infectious Peritonitis?

Answer 16

Infectious inflammation of the peritoneum of cats

Question 17

What is Feline Panluekopenia?

Answer 17

Viral leukemia in cats, usually fatal

Question 18

What is Urolithiasis?

Answer 18

Condition in cats, caused by mineral deposits in the urinary tract

Question 19

What is a hematocrit?

Answer 19

A laboratory procedure to determine % of red blood cells in the blood

Question 20

What is hemophilia?

Answer 20

condition of delayed blood clotting

Question 21

What is Herpes virus?.

Answer 21

Inflammation virus that reproduces in the cell nucleus

Question 22

What is hydrothorax?

Answer 22

Excessive fluid in the lining of the lungs

Question 23

What is hyperthyroidism?

Answer 23

Excessive function of the thyroid gland

Question 24

What does hypertrophy mean?

Answer 24

Exaggerated growth

Question 25

What does hypnotic mean?

Answer 25

Trancelike state produced without drugs; a drug that causes a hypnotic state

Question 26

What is hypothyroidism?

Answer 26

Deficiency activity of the thyroid gland

Question 27

What does immunity mean?

Answer 27

Ability to resist a disease

Question 28

What is Lymphosarcoma?

Answer 28

Malignant lymph tumor tending to spread freely, common in cattle

Question 29

What is Malignant catarrhal fever?

Answer 29

Mucous membrane inflammation; common in cattle

Question 30

What is parainfluenza?

Answer 30

Viral infection of the respiratory tract

Question 31

What is phenylbutazone toxicity?

Answer 31

Reaction to the anti-inflammatory analgesic phenylbutazone

Question 32

What is pneumonic pasteurellosis?

Answer 32

Infection of the lungs; found in cattle

Question 33

What is Pleumothorax?

Answer 33

Air in the pleural cavity

Question 34

What is the difference between polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria?

Answer 34

PD= excessive thirst PP= excessive appetite PU=excessive urination

Question 35

What is pyelonephritis?

Answer 35

Inflammation of the kidney and pelvis caused by bacterial infection

Question 36

What is Tetanus?

Answer 36

Acute infectipus disease usually introduced through a wound

Question 37

What is toxoplsamosis?

Answer 37

A contagious disease of all species caused by Toxoplasma gondii