Veterinary Assistant Exam 1 Questions
and Answers
Label the Skeleton
Red Blood Cell
✓ ~~~Erythrocytes, carry O2 throughout body, concave.
White Blood Cell
✓ ~~~Leukocytes, fight pathogens.
Platelet
✓ ~~~Clots blood
Vein
✓ ~~~Carries blood towards heart
Artery
✓ ~~~Carries blood away from heart
Capillaries
✓ ~~~Tiny blood vessels where exchange between blood and organs and tissues.
Trachea
✓ ~~~First section of airway after epiglottis, largest part, warms air inhaled.
,Alveoli
✓ ~~~Air sacs in the lungs, gas exchange occurs at these.
Bronchus
✓ ~~~Second section of airway after epiglottis.
Functions of the Respiratory System
✓ ~~~Olfaction, warm air, inhale oxygen, exhale carbon dioxide, and vocals.
4 Chambers of the heart.
✓ ~~~Left Atrium, Left Ventricle, Right Atrium, Right Ventricle.
Heart Murmur
✓ ~~~Leaky Heart valve, Bum-Shh-Bum.
What can you see in a x-ray?
✓ ~~~Bone, fluid, cartilage, air, tissues
Small intestine (Dog/Cat)
✓ ~~~Nutrient absorption
Large intestine (Dog/Cat)
✓ ~~~Water absorption
Where do nutrients go after the small intestine?
, ✓ ~~~Liver, via blood stream.
Pancreas
✓ ~~~Insulin production and pancreatic enzymes.
Urinary System
✓ ~~~Filters waste out of the blood stream.
How do Dog/Cat uterus' differ from human? Why?
✓ ~~~Contain uterine horns. For production of litters.
Spayed
✓ ~~~Removes uterine horns, uterine body, ovaries, oviducts.
Neutered
✓ ~~~Remove testes and epididymus
Autonomic System
✓ ~~~Stimulates GI, vasculature, and cardiac systems.
CNS
✓ ~~~Brian, Brain Stem, Spinal Cord.
PNS
✓ ~~~Cranial Nerves, Spinal Nerves.
and Answers
Label the Skeleton
Red Blood Cell
✓ ~~~Erythrocytes, carry O2 throughout body, concave.
White Blood Cell
✓ ~~~Leukocytes, fight pathogens.
Platelet
✓ ~~~Clots blood
Vein
✓ ~~~Carries blood towards heart
Artery
✓ ~~~Carries blood away from heart
Capillaries
✓ ~~~Tiny blood vessels where exchange between blood and organs and tissues.
Trachea
✓ ~~~First section of airway after epiglottis, largest part, warms air inhaled.
,Alveoli
✓ ~~~Air sacs in the lungs, gas exchange occurs at these.
Bronchus
✓ ~~~Second section of airway after epiglottis.
Functions of the Respiratory System
✓ ~~~Olfaction, warm air, inhale oxygen, exhale carbon dioxide, and vocals.
4 Chambers of the heart.
✓ ~~~Left Atrium, Left Ventricle, Right Atrium, Right Ventricle.
Heart Murmur
✓ ~~~Leaky Heart valve, Bum-Shh-Bum.
What can you see in a x-ray?
✓ ~~~Bone, fluid, cartilage, air, tissues
Small intestine (Dog/Cat)
✓ ~~~Nutrient absorption
Large intestine (Dog/Cat)
✓ ~~~Water absorption
Where do nutrients go after the small intestine?
, ✓ ~~~Liver, via blood stream.
Pancreas
✓ ~~~Insulin production and pancreatic enzymes.
Urinary System
✓ ~~~Filters waste out of the blood stream.
How do Dog/Cat uterus' differ from human? Why?
✓ ~~~Contain uterine horns. For production of litters.
Spayed
✓ ~~~Removes uterine horns, uterine body, ovaries, oviducts.
Neutered
✓ ~~~Remove testes and epididymus
Autonomic System
✓ ~~~Stimulates GI, vasculature, and cardiac systems.
CNS
✓ ~~~Brian, Brain Stem, Spinal Cord.
PNS
✓ ~~~Cranial Nerves, Spinal Nerves.
