VETERINARY ASSISTANT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is an example of a fibrous joint? - ✔✔skull bones
✔✔What is the fibia? - ✔✔main weight bearing bone of the distal leg
✔✔What is the articular surface? - ✔✔surface where a bone forms a joint with another
bone.
✔✔What are three segments of the small intestine? - ✔✔illium, jejunum, duodenum
✔✔What two systems is breathing controlled by? - ✔✔mechanical control and chemical
control
✔✔what are the five senses? - ✔✔gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual
✔✔What movements do the synovial joints allow? - ✔✔flexion, extension, adduction,
abduction ,and circumduction
✔✔What are the 4 basic tissues of the body? - ✔✔epithelial, connective, muscle, and
nervous
✔✔"Fight or flight" is produced by what system? - ✔✔sympathetic system
✔✔"bitches" have there period once every how many months? - ✔✔6-7 months
✔✔What is the pulmonary artery? - ✔✔the largest and main artery of the heart
✔✔What does the dermis layer of skin contain? - ✔✔hair follicles, sebaceous glands,
and arrector pili
✔✔What are the glands of the endocrine system? - ✔✔thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal
cortex, adrenal medulla, pancreas, testies& ovaries.
✔✔What are the pelvic limbs, Proximal to distal? - ✔✔pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, fibula,
tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, and phalanges
✔✔What are the bones in the thoracic limb? - ✔✔scapula, humerus, ulna, carpal bones,
metacarpal bones, and phalanges
✔✔What is the meaning of renomegly? - ✔✔the disease of the large kidney
✔✔What drugs induce vomiting? - ✔✔emetics
, ✔✔When should a patients diet be changed? - ✔✔Only when necessary and after
careful consideration of nutritional requirements.
✔✔What is the goal of the aseptic surgical technique? - ✔✔Minimize the number of
microorganisms that enter the surgical wound
✔✔What is a seroma? - ✔✔the accumulation of serious fluid in dead space in the
region of an incision
✔✔What is a absorbable suture material? - ✔✔catgut
✔✔What is cold sterilization? - ✔✔objects that may be damaged by heat
✔✔What is virulence? - ✔✔the destruction of all microorganisms ability to cause
disease
✔✔What is a enterotomy? - ✔✔an incision into the intestine
✔✔What is a gastrotomy? - ✔✔and incision into the stomach
✔✔What is the virucidal disinfectant? - ✔✔kills viruses
✔✔What is hypotension? - ✔✔low blood pressure
✔✔What is the most common type of immunologic test performed in practice? -
✔✔ELISA
✔✔what are the two most commonly performed liver tests in small animal practice? -
✔✔ALT and ALP
✔✔What are the primary chemical tests of kidney function? - ✔✔BUN and Crearinine
✔✔What is plasma? - ✔✔an anticoagulant spun down and is clear.
✔✔What is serum? - ✔✔blood placed in a red top tube spun down and it is the clear
portion.
✔✔What is PCV? - ✔✔is the packed cell volume, also known as microhematocrit(Hct).
✔✔What is the immune system? - ✔✔includes a variety of calls, tissues, organs, and
organ systems that are involved in the body's defense mechanisms.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is an example of a fibrous joint? - ✔✔skull bones
✔✔What is the fibia? - ✔✔main weight bearing bone of the distal leg
✔✔What is the articular surface? - ✔✔surface where a bone forms a joint with another
bone.
✔✔What are three segments of the small intestine? - ✔✔illium, jejunum, duodenum
✔✔What two systems is breathing controlled by? - ✔✔mechanical control and chemical
control
✔✔what are the five senses? - ✔✔gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual
✔✔What movements do the synovial joints allow? - ✔✔flexion, extension, adduction,
abduction ,and circumduction
✔✔What are the 4 basic tissues of the body? - ✔✔epithelial, connective, muscle, and
nervous
✔✔"Fight or flight" is produced by what system? - ✔✔sympathetic system
✔✔"bitches" have there period once every how many months? - ✔✔6-7 months
✔✔What is the pulmonary artery? - ✔✔the largest and main artery of the heart
✔✔What does the dermis layer of skin contain? - ✔✔hair follicles, sebaceous glands,
and arrector pili
✔✔What are the glands of the endocrine system? - ✔✔thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal
cortex, adrenal medulla, pancreas, testies& ovaries.
✔✔What are the pelvic limbs, Proximal to distal? - ✔✔pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, fibula,
tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, and phalanges
✔✔What are the bones in the thoracic limb? - ✔✔scapula, humerus, ulna, carpal bones,
metacarpal bones, and phalanges
✔✔What is the meaning of renomegly? - ✔✔the disease of the large kidney
✔✔What drugs induce vomiting? - ✔✔emetics
, ✔✔When should a patients diet be changed? - ✔✔Only when necessary and after
careful consideration of nutritional requirements.
✔✔What is the goal of the aseptic surgical technique? - ✔✔Minimize the number of
microorganisms that enter the surgical wound
✔✔What is a seroma? - ✔✔the accumulation of serious fluid in dead space in the
region of an incision
✔✔What is a absorbable suture material? - ✔✔catgut
✔✔What is cold sterilization? - ✔✔objects that may be damaged by heat
✔✔What is virulence? - ✔✔the destruction of all microorganisms ability to cause
disease
✔✔What is a enterotomy? - ✔✔an incision into the intestine
✔✔What is a gastrotomy? - ✔✔and incision into the stomach
✔✔What is the virucidal disinfectant? - ✔✔kills viruses
✔✔What is hypotension? - ✔✔low blood pressure
✔✔What is the most common type of immunologic test performed in practice? -
✔✔ELISA
✔✔what are the two most commonly performed liver tests in small animal practice? -
✔✔ALT and ALP
✔✔What are the primary chemical tests of kidney function? - ✔✔BUN and Crearinine
✔✔What is plasma? - ✔✔an anticoagulant spun down and is clear.
✔✔What is serum? - ✔✔blood placed in a red top tube spun down and it is the clear
portion.
✔✔What is PCV? - ✔✔is the packed cell volume, also known as microhematocrit(Hct).
✔✔What is the immune system? - ✔✔includes a variety of calls, tissues, organs, and
organ systems that are involved in the body's defense mechanisms.
