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Introduction To Veterinary Technology
Vocabulary
Alopecia - Answers✔Loss of hair on the body
Auscultation - Answers✔Listening for sounds produced within the body
Bilateral - Answers✔Occuring on or having two sides
Body Systems History - Answers✔Detailed questions about the body system, or systems, involved in the
presenting problems
Capillary Refill Time - Answers✔The time it takes for the vessels in the mucous membranes to return to
normal after being pressed
Cardiovascular System - Answers✔The body system that circulates blood
Cat Bag - Answers✔A restraining device consisting of a zippered bag with several openings for treating
different parts of a cat's body
Caudal - Answers✔A directional term that means "towards the tail"
Cephalic Venipuncture - Answers✔The taking of a blood sample from the foreleg of an animal
Choana - Answers✔A slitlike opening on the roof of the mouth in a bird
Client Education - Answers✔A general term that covers many of the clients' interactions with the
practice
Condomes - Answers✔Skin lesions that resemble "blackheads"
Cradle - Answers✔A device that consists of wooden slats or round rods woven together that go around a
horse's neck to keep the neck straight and prevent the horse from chewing at itself
Cranial - Answers✔A directional term that means "towards the head"
Dorsal - Answers✔A directional term that means "toward the back"
Elizabethan Collar - Answers✔A circular plastic sheild, resembling a lampshade, that encircles the neck
and extends to the end of the muzzle. The collar prevents the animalfrom chewing at its bandages
Environmental History - Answers✔The animal's most recent living situation
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Erythroderma - Answers✔A medical term meaning "reddened skin"
Head Catch - Answers✔That part of a stall or chute that traps cattle by the head; also called a head
clamp, squeeze chute, or neck yoke
Heart-Girth Tape - Answers✔A flexible tape measuring device that weighs a horse by measuring its girth
just behind the elbow in its heart area
Hobbles - Answers✔Rope or chain devices that encircles the rear legs, restricting their ability to kick
Hog Snare - Answers✔A pole with a loop of cable at the end that can be tightened over a pig's snout
Integumentary System - Answers✔The dkin and attached structures, like hair
Intervertebral Disk Disease - Answers✔Deteriorated cushions between vertebrae
Jungular Venipuncture - Answers✔The taking of a blood sample from the jugular vein of an animal
Keel - Answers✔The breastbone of a bird
Lateral Recumbency - Answers✔A restraint position in which the animal is lying on its side
Master Problem List - Answers✔The first page of a veterinary medical chart, which serves as an index or
table of contents for the rest of the record
Medial - Answers✔A directional term meaning "toward the middle"
Mouth Gag - Answers✔A wedge-shaped structure that prevents a horse from biting down while
someone is examining or treating its mouth
Nares - Answers✔The nostrils
Neuro Hammer - Answers✔An examination instrument used by the veterinarian to check an animal's
reflexes
Nose Tongs - Answers✔A cattle-restraint device that grasps the center of the nose just inside the
nostrils to permit more head control
Ophthalmoscope - Answers✔An instrument used to visualize the interior chamber of the eye, where
signs of disease or trauma can sometimes be seen
Otoscope - Answers✔An instrument used to inspect the ear of an animal; it's an essential diagnostic tool
to determine types of infections and to discover foreign bodies in the ear canal
Palpation - Answers✔Examining body parts by touch
Papillae - Answers✔A pimple-like structure that can be found in the ear canal, choana, etc.
Papule - Answers✔A hard, pimple-like skin bump
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Introduction To Veterinary Technology
Vocabulary
Alopecia - Answers✔Loss of hair on the body
Auscultation - Answers✔Listening for sounds produced within the body
Bilateral - Answers✔Occuring on or having two sides
Body Systems History - Answers✔Detailed questions about the body system, or systems, involved in the
presenting problems
Capillary Refill Time - Answers✔The time it takes for the vessels in the mucous membranes to return to
normal after being pressed
Cardiovascular System - Answers✔The body system that circulates blood
Cat Bag - Answers✔A restraining device consisting of a zippered bag with several openings for treating
different parts of a cat's body
Caudal - Answers✔A directional term that means "towards the tail"
Cephalic Venipuncture - Answers✔The taking of a blood sample from the foreleg of an animal
Choana - Answers✔A slitlike opening on the roof of the mouth in a bird
Client Education - Answers✔A general term that covers many of the clients' interactions with the
practice
Condomes - Answers✔Skin lesions that resemble "blackheads"
Cradle - Answers✔A device that consists of wooden slats or round rods woven together that go around a
horse's neck to keep the neck straight and prevent the horse from chewing at itself
Cranial - Answers✔A directional term that means "towards the head"
Dorsal - Answers✔A directional term that means "toward the back"
Elizabethan Collar - Answers✔A circular plastic sheild, resembling a lampshade, that encircles the neck
and extends to the end of the muzzle. The collar prevents the animalfrom chewing at its bandages
Environmental History - Answers✔The animal's most recent living situation
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Erythroderma - Answers✔A medical term meaning "reddened skin"
Head Catch - Answers✔That part of a stall or chute that traps cattle by the head; also called a head
clamp, squeeze chute, or neck yoke
Heart-Girth Tape - Answers✔A flexible tape measuring device that weighs a horse by measuring its girth
just behind the elbow in its heart area
Hobbles - Answers✔Rope or chain devices that encircles the rear legs, restricting their ability to kick
Hog Snare - Answers✔A pole with a loop of cable at the end that can be tightened over a pig's snout
Integumentary System - Answers✔The dkin and attached structures, like hair
Intervertebral Disk Disease - Answers✔Deteriorated cushions between vertebrae
Jungular Venipuncture - Answers✔The taking of a blood sample from the jugular vein of an animal
Keel - Answers✔The breastbone of a bird
Lateral Recumbency - Answers✔A restraint position in which the animal is lying on its side
Master Problem List - Answers✔The first page of a veterinary medical chart, which serves as an index or
table of contents for the rest of the record
Medial - Answers✔A directional term meaning "toward the middle"
Mouth Gag - Answers✔A wedge-shaped structure that prevents a horse from biting down while
someone is examining or treating its mouth
Nares - Answers✔The nostrils
Neuro Hammer - Answers✔An examination instrument used by the veterinarian to check an animal's
reflexes
Nose Tongs - Answers✔A cattle-restraint device that grasps the center of the nose just inside the
nostrils to permit more head control
Ophthalmoscope - Answers✔An instrument used to visualize the interior chamber of the eye, where
signs of disease or trauma can sometimes be seen
Otoscope - Answers✔An instrument used to inspect the ear of an animal; it's an essential diagnostic tool
to determine types of infections and to discover foreign bodies in the ear canal
Palpation - Answers✔Examining body parts by touch
Papillae - Answers✔A pimple-like structure that can be found in the ear canal, choana, etc.
Papule - Answers✔A hard, pimple-like skin bump
