Quizzes Flashcards
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A common term meaning to catch a disease is:
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Contract
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Examination by feeling is:
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Palpation
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An animal that lacks resistance to a disease is said to be:
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Susceptible
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Another term for dull is:
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Blunt
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A stiff dressing used for immobilization of various body parts is a:
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Cast
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To eviscerate is to:
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Expose or remove internal organs
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“Easily crumbled” is also known as:
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Friable
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A ________ is an instrument that is used to measure blood pressure.
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Sphygmomanometer
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What is endemic?
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Enzootic
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Epidemic
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Enzootic
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Pandemic
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Occurring over a large geographic area
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Remission
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Partial or complete disappearance of disease, signs, and/or symptoms
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Chronic
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Having a long course
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Acute
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Sudden onset
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Syndrome
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Set of signs that occur together
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Sign
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Characteristic of disease observed by others
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Percutaneous
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Through the skin
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Sublingual
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Under the tongue
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Oral
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By mouth
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Rectal
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By rectum
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Parenteral
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Route other than the gastrointestinal tract
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Non parenteral
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Via the GI tract
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Intradermal
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Within the skin
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Intramuscular
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Within the muscle
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Intravenous
Within the vein
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Intraperitoneal
Within the peritoneal cavity
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Subcutaneous
Under the skin
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Inhalation
Gas through the nose and mouth
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Symptom
Characteristic of disease that can only be sensed by the patient
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Antibodies are:
Immunoglobulins
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An anticoagulant is a substance that...
Prevents blood from clotting
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What is the name of the liquid part of blood that has been treated with an anticoagulant to keep clotting proteins in it?
Plasma
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Hypochromia means...
A condition in which RBCs have a decreased hemoglobin content caused decreased pigmentation
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Combining form for blood
Hemat/o
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Combining form for cell
-cyte
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Combining form for without
a-
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Combining form for against
Anti-
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Combining form for many
Poly
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Combining form for irregular
Poikilo-
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Definition of microcytic
Small cell size
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Definition of anisocytosis
Condition of unequal cell size
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Definition of lymphocyte
Agranulocyticn WBC that has phagocytic and antibody formation functions
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Definition of eosinophil
Granulocytic WBC that detoxifies allergens or parasitic infections
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Definition of basophil
Class of granulocytic leukocyte that promotes the inflammatory response and contains histamine in its cytoplasmic granules
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The central, pale area of a re blood cell that represents the thinnest part of biconcave disc is the area of ________ _________
Central pallor
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A ________ is any abnormal new growth of tissue in which the multiplication ifs is uncontrolled, more rapid than normal, and progressive
Neoplasm
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Collection of fluid in the intercellular space would be called what in a medical record?
Edema
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Something that remains open is said to be...
Patent
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Blood flow through a tissue is...
Perfusion
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What do atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects have in common?
Both involve abnormal wall openings that separate that hearts right and left sides
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The procedure of ultra sounding the heart is called
Echocardiography
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Which layer of the heart wall lines the heart chambers and valves
Endocardium
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In the circulatory system ________ circulation covers blood flow to all parts of the body except the lung
Systemic
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In the heart, the half moon shaped _______ _______ valve controls blood entering the arterial system from its location between the left ventricle and the aorta.
Aortic semilunar
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Of the three types of blood vessels, blood flows most slowly through the ________ allowing more time for the diffusion of oxygen, nutrients, and waste products
Capillaries
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Combining form for brady
Abnormally slow
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Combining form for tachy
Abnormally fast
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Combining form for ech/o
Sound
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Combining form for man/o
Pressure
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Combining form for oxia
Oxygen or oxygenationy
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What is angiogram
Record of vessels
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Medical term for removal of a part
Ablation
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Collection or mass Of blood on the outer ear
Aural hematoma
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Instrument used to examine the ear
Otoscope
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Opposite of ever soon of the eyelid
Entropion
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Combining form for eye or sight
Opt/i, opt/o, optic/o, ocul/o, ophthalm/o
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Combining form for eyelid
Blephar/o
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Combining form for hard
Scler/o
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Combining for iris
Ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
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Combining form for pupil
Pupill/o, core/o
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Combining form for pit
Fove/o
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Combining form for water
Aque/o
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Combining form for ear
Audit/o aud/i or ot/o
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Combing form for eardrum
Myring/I tympan/o
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In the eyes of most species the ______ _______ is the brightly colored iridescent reflecting tissue layer of the choroid
Tapetum lucidum
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In the middle ear, the _______ is the auditory ossicle known as the stirrup
Stapes
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The instrument user to examine eyes is called what?
Ophthalmoscope
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How would you describe different sized pupils on a medical record
Anisocoria
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Which gland regulates metabolism and iodine uptake?
Thyroid
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Chemical secretion of endocrine glands
Hormones
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Disease of adrenal glands
Adrenopathy
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Enlargement of thyroid gland
Thyromegaly
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Plural of stimulus
Stimuli
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Production of new glucose
Gluconeogenesis
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Inflammation of pancreas
Pancreatitis
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Abnormal condition if deficient hormone secretion from the gonads
Hypogonadism
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Condition of normal thyroid function
Euthyroidism
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Abnormally high blood calcium levels
Hypercalcemia
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The ________, which has both exocrine and endocrine functions, is an aggregation of cels near the proximal duodenum
Pancreas
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One of the thyroid hormones that regulates metabolism, is abbreviated T3
Triiodothyronine
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An unthrifty and underweight cat usually has an issue with increased metabolism related to increased levels of certain hormones. What is the medical term for the condition the cat is likely to have?
Hyperthyroidism
