HOSA TEST PRACTICE (VET SCIENCE)
What is a tick? - answer a parasite known to cause Lyme disease
What is the typical amount of time a thermometer needs to be in the rectum until
reading? - answer60 seconds
What is the term endocardium? - answer thin inner layer of heart muscle
What type of digestive system do humans and swine have? - answer monogastric
Define arrhythmia - answer abnormal heart beat
What does the term epithelial mean? - answer type of tissue that lines internal organ
structures and serves as a protective layer
What is tapeworm? - answer a parasite that is flat and segmented, living in the small
and large intestine
What is iron? - answer a type of mineral
What is the reason for aspirating the syringe prior to injection? - answer to make certain
the syringe is not in a blood vessel
What age should a horse have all of its teeth in place? - answer5 years old
What can build up in a cat's stomach due to excessive grooming? - answer hairballs
What type of special photographs are produced by x-rays? - answer radiographs
What is the term for the strength and life of a drug? - answer efficacy
What is a sow? - answer a mature female pig that has had a litter
Herbivores would eat which of the following?
A. Corn
B. Chicken
C. Beef - answer A. Corn
Where are the sites for an IM injection? - answer quadricep, hamstring, and pectoral
muscles
, What is the common procedure that's used for the purpose of identification? -
answerear notching
What are some causes of stress? - answerchange in diet, change in environment, and
an infectious disease
What is hookworm? - answerparasite that can cause a skin condition in humans called
cutaneous larval migrans
What is a disease caused by Clostridium? - answertetanus
What is the genus for sheep? - answerovine
What is physiology? - answerthe study of the functions of the human body
Term for hair loss - answeralopecia
What's an ewe? - answera mature female sheep
What breed of dog is in the non-sporting group? - answerpoodle
Term for laying on the side - answerrecumbency
What is a young female chicken called? - answerPullet
What type of behaviour is used to teach a young horse to lift its feet by touching and
handling the feet shortly after birth? - answerimprinting
What is bone made up of? - answercalcium, phosphorus, and collagen fibers
What is a gelding? - answercastrated male horse
Pulse is also known as what? - answerthe heart rate
One example of NOT a route of giving medications? - answerdram
Organ that produces bile - answerliver
Where is bone marrow found? - answerIn the hollow shaft of long bones
Type of roundworm - answerToxocara cati
What is the function of bone marrow? - answerto produce blood cells
The term for toward the nose - answerrostral
What is a tick? - answer a parasite known to cause Lyme disease
What is the typical amount of time a thermometer needs to be in the rectum until
reading? - answer60 seconds
What is the term endocardium? - answer thin inner layer of heart muscle
What type of digestive system do humans and swine have? - answer monogastric
Define arrhythmia - answer abnormal heart beat
What does the term epithelial mean? - answer type of tissue that lines internal organ
structures and serves as a protective layer
What is tapeworm? - answer a parasite that is flat and segmented, living in the small
and large intestine
What is iron? - answer a type of mineral
What is the reason for aspirating the syringe prior to injection? - answer to make certain
the syringe is not in a blood vessel
What age should a horse have all of its teeth in place? - answer5 years old
What can build up in a cat's stomach due to excessive grooming? - answer hairballs
What type of special photographs are produced by x-rays? - answer radiographs
What is the term for the strength and life of a drug? - answer efficacy
What is a sow? - answer a mature female pig that has had a litter
Herbivores would eat which of the following?
A. Corn
B. Chicken
C. Beef - answer A. Corn
Where are the sites for an IM injection? - answer quadricep, hamstring, and pectoral
muscles
, What is the common procedure that's used for the purpose of identification? -
answerear notching
What are some causes of stress? - answerchange in diet, change in environment, and
an infectious disease
What is hookworm? - answerparasite that can cause a skin condition in humans called
cutaneous larval migrans
What is a disease caused by Clostridium? - answertetanus
What is the genus for sheep? - answerovine
What is physiology? - answerthe study of the functions of the human body
Term for hair loss - answeralopecia
What's an ewe? - answera mature female sheep
What breed of dog is in the non-sporting group? - answerpoodle
Term for laying on the side - answerrecumbency
What is a young female chicken called? - answerPullet
What type of behaviour is used to teach a young horse to lift its feet by touching and
handling the feet shortly after birth? - answerimprinting
What is bone made up of? - answercalcium, phosphorus, and collagen fibers
What is a gelding? - answercastrated male horse
Pulse is also known as what? - answerthe heart rate
One example of NOT a route of giving medications? - answerdram
Organ that produces bile - answerliver
Where is bone marrow found? - answerIn the hollow shaft of long bones
Type of roundworm - answerToxocara cati
What is the function of bone marrow? - answerto produce blood cells
The term for toward the nose - answerrostral
