VETERINARY SCIENCE Flashcards
VET SCIENCE HOSA STATE COMP (100 cards)
Veterinarians
Prescribe medications, perform surgery, and provide a diagnoses and prognoses
The capillary refill time (CRT) for Buddy is 1 second. In the patient chart, the CVA records that the CRT for Buddy is ?
Normal
When evaluating the integumentary system of Rowdy, a palomino, the CVA would evaluate?
Skin & Hide, Hooves, and hair
When an animal is presented with an abnormality cranial to a certain body structure, the word cranial means?
Towards the head
You are restraining a Basenji dog for cephalic venipuncture. When the person performing the injection has placed the needed and is ready to inject the drug, he says to you, “Okay”. He is most likely asking you to?
Lift the thumb that is occluding the vein
Following a bite, cut, or scratch from a dog or any other animal while treating it.
Wash the wound immediately with soap and water, then with povidone-iodine, and follow through with irrigation with water, then inform the veterinarian or office manager
The felines first line of defense
Its claws
Anemia
A decrease in the number of red cells
Pericardium
The fibrous sac that encloses the heart
Compound fracture
The bone breaks through the skin
Orchiectomy
Removal of testes
Microfilaria
The larval stage of a heart-worm
Abomasum
The 4th compartment of the ruminant stomach
Function of cecum
Aide in the digestion of fibrous materials
Carbohydrates contain or inlcude
Simple sugars
DEA
An organization that governs the use, storage, and disposal of controlled substances
Zoonotic disease fatal in humas
Rabies
Zoonotic
Diseases that can be transmitted to humans
Black leg
An acute, febrile, highly fatal disease of only cattle and sheep caused by Colostrum chavoei and characterized by emphysematous swelling, commonly affecting heavy muscles. (found worldwide)
Bio-hazardous substance
Scalpel blade, microscope slide, and needle
Bedding for small animals in a clinic
Newspaper
Needles with a larger bore have?
A smaller number (Gauge)
Needles with the smaller bore have?
A larger number (Gauge)
Needle most commonly used in canine vaccinations
21 gauge