2
PATH Certification Exam with precise detailed || || || || || ||
solutions
Stomach distention - ✔✔the small capacity of the horse's stomach makes it susceptible to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
distension when large amounts of grain are ingested in a single meal. There is the potential for the
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stomach to rupture which is fatal.|| || || || ||
Displacement colic - ✔✔the small intestine is suspended by in the abdominal cavity by the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
mesentery and is free floating in the gut. This mobility can predispose the small intestine to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
become twisted. A twisted intestine requires immediate surgery to reposition the intestine and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
remove any portion of the intestine that is damaged due to restricted blood flow. In addition, both
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the small and large intestine can become displaced in the abdominal cavity causing both pain and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
restricted blood flow. Displacement colic can be caused by gas build up in the gut that makes the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
intestines buoyant and subject to movement within the gut. Displacement colic needs immediate
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
surgical treatment. ||
Impaction colic - ✔✔the large intestine folds upon itself and has several changes of direction
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(flexures) and diameter changes. These flexures and diameter shifts can be sights for impactions,
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where a firm mass of feed or foreign material blocks the intestine (including the cecum).
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Impactions can be induced by coarse feed stuff, dehydration or accumulation of foreign material
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like sand.
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Gas colic - ✔✔all colics are associated with some gas build up. Gas can accumulate in the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
stomach as well as the intestines. As gas builds up, the gut distends, causing abdominal pain.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Excessive gas can be produced by bacteria in the gut after ingestion of large amounts of grain or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
moldy feeds. A nasogastric (stomach) tube inserted by a veterinarian is used to relieve the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
pressure of the gas and fluid accumulation in the stomach.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Spasmodic colic - ✔✔defined as painful contractions of the smooth muscle in the intestines.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Spasmodic colic has been compared to indigestion in people and is usually easily treated by a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
veterinarian. Over excitement can trigger spasmodic colic. || || || || || ||
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Enteritis - ✔✔inflammation of the intestine possibly due to bacteria, grain overload or tainted
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
feed. Horses with enteritis may also have diarrhea. Enteritis is often hard to diagnose and may
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
present itself similar to displacement or impaction colics.
|| || || || || || ||
Activity Provider - ✔✔the individual conducting an equine-assisted activity or therapy lesson/
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
session. This can be a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Certified
Professional, licensed/credentialed health/mental health professional or certified/credentialed
|| || || || || || ||
educator.
Activity Site - ✔✔location at which center activities are being provided
|| || || || || || || || || ||
ADA - ✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law in 1990, which provided the world's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
first
comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities || || || || || || ||
Area - ✔✔any working space with designated boundaries
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Arena - ✔✔a working space defined by structural barriers used for program activities
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
ASTM - ✔✔American Society for Testing and Materials, an organization that helps establish
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
standards for ||
various items, including components of helmets
|| || || || ||
Assist - ✔✔to support in an official capacity. An example is that a Professional Association of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Therapeutic
Horsemanship International Certified Instructor/Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning
|| || || || || || || || ||
(ESMHL) assists the therapist/mental health professional during the treatment session (if the
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
therapist
PATH Certification Exam with precise detailed || || || || || ||
solutions
Stomach distention - ✔✔the small capacity of the horse's stomach makes it susceptible to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
distension when large amounts of grain are ingested in a single meal. There is the potential for the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
stomach to rupture which is fatal.|| || || || ||
Displacement colic - ✔✔the small intestine is suspended by in the abdominal cavity by the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
mesentery and is free floating in the gut. This mobility can predispose the small intestine to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
become twisted. A twisted intestine requires immediate surgery to reposition the intestine and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
remove any portion of the intestine that is damaged due to restricted blood flow. In addition, both
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the small and large intestine can become displaced in the abdominal cavity causing both pain and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
restricted blood flow. Displacement colic can be caused by gas build up in the gut that makes the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
intestines buoyant and subject to movement within the gut. Displacement colic needs immediate
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
surgical treatment. ||
Impaction colic - ✔✔the large intestine folds upon itself and has several changes of direction
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(flexures) and diameter changes. These flexures and diameter shifts can be sights for impactions,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
where a firm mass of feed or foreign material blocks the intestine (including the cecum).
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Impactions can be induced by coarse feed stuff, dehydration or accumulation of foreign material
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
like sand.
||
Gas colic - ✔✔all colics are associated with some gas build up. Gas can accumulate in the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
stomach as well as the intestines. As gas builds up, the gut distends, causing abdominal pain.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Excessive gas can be produced by bacteria in the gut after ingestion of large amounts of grain or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
moldy feeds. A nasogastric (stomach) tube inserted by a veterinarian is used to relieve the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
pressure of the gas and fluid accumulation in the stomach.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Spasmodic colic - ✔✔defined as painful contractions of the smooth muscle in the intestines.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Spasmodic colic has been compared to indigestion in people and is usually easily treated by a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
veterinarian. Over excitement can trigger spasmodic colic. || || || || || ||
, 2
Enteritis - ✔✔inflammation of the intestine possibly due to bacteria, grain overload or tainted
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
feed. Horses with enteritis may also have diarrhea. Enteritis is often hard to diagnose and may
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
present itself similar to displacement or impaction colics.
|| || || || || || ||
Activity Provider - ✔✔the individual conducting an equine-assisted activity or therapy lesson/
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
session. This can be a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Certified
Professional, licensed/credentialed health/mental health professional or certified/credentialed
|| || || || || || ||
educator.
Activity Site - ✔✔location at which center activities are being provided
|| || || || || || || || || ||
ADA - ✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law in 1990, which provided the world's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
first
comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities || || || || || || ||
Area - ✔✔any working space with designated boundaries
|| || || || || || ||
Arena - ✔✔a working space defined by structural barriers used for program activities
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
ASTM - ✔✔American Society for Testing and Materials, an organization that helps establish
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
standards for ||
various items, including components of helmets
|| || || || ||
Assist - ✔✔to support in an official capacity. An example is that a Professional Association of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Therapeutic
Horsemanship International Certified Instructor/Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning
|| || || || || || || || ||
(ESMHL) assists the therapist/mental health professional during the treatment session (if the
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
therapist
