VMT- Ch 16 exam
1. Assessment: the term used to describe the evaluation of a condition
2. signalment: a description of the animal with information about the animal, including the species, breed, age,
and sexual status (intact or neutered)
3. vital signs: parameters taken from the animal to assess its health
4. fever: an elevated body temperature
5. febrile: the medical term for fever
6. afebrile: means without fever
7. pyrexia: another term for fever
8. pyr/o: combining form meaning fire
9. hypothermia: a decrease in body temperature
10. pulse (pulse rate): another vital sign that tells the number of times the heart beats per minute
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, 11. heart rate (HR): the number of times the heart contracts and relaxes per minute
12. respiration (respiration rate RR): the number of respirations per minute
13. Blood Pressure: another vital sign that may be taken on veterinary patients
14. sphygmomanometer: instrument to measure blood pressure
15. ausculation: the act of listening, which usually involves the use of a stethoscope to listen to body sounds
16. palpation: examination by felling, during which one can feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of body
parts or masses
17. percussion: examination by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area
18. speculum: an instrument used to enlarge the opening of a canal or cavity
19. venipuncture: withdrawing blood from a vein (usually with a needle and syringe)
20. refractometer: an instrument used to determine the deviation of light through objects
21. agglutination: clumping together of cells or particles
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1. Assessment: the term used to describe the evaluation of a condition
2. signalment: a description of the animal with information about the animal, including the species, breed, age,
and sexual status (intact or neutered)
3. vital signs: parameters taken from the animal to assess its health
4. fever: an elevated body temperature
5. febrile: the medical term for fever
6. afebrile: means without fever
7. pyrexia: another term for fever
8. pyr/o: combining form meaning fire
9. hypothermia: a decrease in body temperature
10. pulse (pulse rate): another vital sign that tells the number of times the heart beats per minute
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, 11. heart rate (HR): the number of times the heart contracts and relaxes per minute
12. respiration (respiration rate RR): the number of respirations per minute
13. Blood Pressure: another vital sign that may be taken on veterinary patients
14. sphygmomanometer: instrument to measure blood pressure
15. ausculation: the act of listening, which usually involves the use of a stethoscope to listen to body sounds
16. palpation: examination by felling, during which one can feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of body
parts or masses
17. percussion: examination by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area
18. speculum: an instrument used to enlarge the opening of a canal or cavity
19. venipuncture: withdrawing blood from a vein (usually with a needle and syringe)
20. refractometer: an instrument used to determine the deviation of light through objects
21. agglutination: clumping together of cells or particles
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