STEEPLECHASE - RESPIRATORY Flashcards
(110 cards)

Cow lungs - have distinct lobules (also in pigs and humans)

Horse lungs - have intermediate lobulation (also in small ruminants)

Cat lungs - absent lobules in carnivores

Feline pulmonary aa. - have very thick tunica muscularis

Rodent larger pulmonary veins - have cardiac muscle

Normal bronchioles

Smooth muscle hypertrophy - inflamed bronchioles

Carbon in alveoli

Choanal atresia - camelid

Epistaxis - nosebleed

Waldeyer’s ring - lymphoid tissues circling the oro and nasopharynx

Idiopathic lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis


Cow - nasal granuloma (due to chronic allergic (atopic) rhinitis)

Granulomatous rhinitis - due to cryptococcus - forms thick capsule with narrow-based budding


Granulomatous rhinitis - caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi (forms polyps with huge endosporulating sporangia - endspore w/ capsule)

Sinusitis

Sinusitis

Progressive ethmoid haematoma endoscopy - reddening = haemorrhage

Paranasal sinus cysts in foals and young horses -> face + teeth distortion



Horse - guttural pouch

Guttural pouch tympany (air build-up)

Pig - diverticulum dorsal to oesophagus (pharnyx)

Balling gun injury pharyngeal lesion in ruminants










































































































