Vet Assistant Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers 2023

Vet Assistant Final Exam Practice What is OHSA? - Correct answer-It requires that all hospital staff are informed of all chemicals to which hey may be exposed to while at work. What is Ethics? - Correct answer-The system of moral principles that determines appropriate behavior and actions within a specific group. What is the Veterinary Practice act? - Correct answer-determines if who can practice veterinary medicine and surgery in each state and under which conditions. What is PPE? - Correct answer-Personal Protective Equipment What is MSDS? - Correct answer-Material Data Safety Sheets What is the AVMA? - Correct answer-the organization that acts as the collective voice of the veterinary profession. What is SOP? - Correct answer-Standard Operating Procedure What SOAP? - Correct answer-Subjective Objective assessment plan What does Polyphagia mean? - Correct answer-excessive eating What does Dysuria? - Correct answer-Painful and difficult urination What is a Laparotomy? - Correct answer-a surgical incision into the abdomen What is adduction? - Correct answer-movement of the limb toward the midline. What is Esophagpscopy? - Correct answer-Examination of the esophagus using and endoscope. What is a Cystocentesis? - Correct answer-a puncture to the baldder with a needle to remove urine. What is the Ventral side of an animal? - Correct answer-the direction going up through the abdomen. What is a Ovariohysterectomy? - Correct answer-The removal of the ovaries and uterus. What is a Pyometra? - Correct answer-when pus or infection is in the uterus. What is the Buccal? - Correct answer-the surface going toward the cheek. What is a abdominocentisis? - Correct answer-puncture into the abdomen. what is extension? - Correct answer-the act of straightening a limb What does Emesis mean? - Correct answer-Vomit What are five glands that secrete directly into the bloodstream? - Correct answerpituitary, thyroid, adrenal, testies, and ovaries. What are the three main types of joints? - Correct answer-fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial. What is the Tarsus? - Correct answer-It is the animal equivalent to the human ankle. What are the three divisions of the nervous system? - Correct answer-central, peripheral, and automatic. What are the five functions of the integument system? - Correct answer-Regulate body temp, adjust blood flow, adjust position of hairs, secrete sweat, and produce vitamin D. What are the three functions of the liver? - Correct answer-supplies raw materials, secretes bile, and breaks down & absorbs fat. What is the rest and restore response produced by? - Correct answer-parasympathetic system What does the adipose connective tissue consist of? - Correct answer-Lipids(fat) and storing cells What is the gestation period? - Correct answer-the time from fertilization to delivery. What is the female reproductive system made up of? - Correct answer-ovaries, oviducts, cervix, vagina, vulva What do cats do spontaneously? - Correct answer-Ovulate What is the largest sesamoid bone? - Correct answer-Patella (kneecap) What is the purpose of the patella? - Correct answer-distributes the force of the quads What is the carpus located between? - Correct answer-the radius and the metacarpal bones. What do the bones provide maximum area for? - Correct answer-muscle attachment What do albino animals lack? - Correct answer-Melanin What do recticular fibers form? - Correct answer-supportive framework What two extremities do long bones have? - Correct answer-epiphysis and diaphysis What are collagen fibers? - Correct answer-predominant and strong What is a trochanter? - Correct answer-a lump/bump on the surface of a bone. What are the three pairs of adult pelvis bones? - Correct answer-ilium, schium, pubis What is the foramen? - Correct answer-a hole in the bone through which blood vessels and nerves pass. What are the three muscle types? - Correct answer-skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. What are cells? - Correct answer-building blocks of life. What is the hind limb termed as? - Correct answer-`pelvic limb What are the axial skeleton bones? - Correct answer-skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum What are the six connective tissues? - Correct answer-adipose, loose, cartilage, bone, and blood What does the male reproductive system consist of? - Correct answer-testies, epididymis, vas deferens, accessory sex glands and penis What is the function of the repertory system? - Correct answer-Exchange of oxygen, into oxygenated blood and then into carbon dioxide. What is the purpose of connective tissue? - Correct answer-hold and support tissue What are the 2 enzymes pancreas produces? - Correct answer-insulin and glucagon What does the upper repertory tract do? - Correct answer-supplies lungs with pure warm humidified air. What are the 2 divisions of the circulatory system? - Correct answer-systemic and pulmonary What are the three common features of the epithelial tissue? - Correct answer-consists of cells, no blood vessels and can reproduce. Where are the thoracic vertebrae found? - Correct answer-the chest region What is the cervical vertebra? - Correct answer-bones found in the neck region What is an example of a fibrous joint? - Correct answer-skull bones What is the fibia? - Correct answer-main weight bearing bone of the distal leg What is the articular surface? - Correct answer-surface where a bone forms a joint with another bone. What are three segments of the small intestine? - Correct answer-illium, jejunum, duodenum What two systems is breathing controlled by? - Correct answer-mechanical control and chemical control what are the five senses? - Correct answer-gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual What movements do the synovial joints allow? - Correct answer-flexion, extension, adduction, abduction ,and circumduction What are the 4 basic tissues of the body? - Correct answer-epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous "Fight or flight" is produced by what system? - Correct answer-sympathetic system "bitches" have there period once every how many months? - Correct answer-6-7 months What is the pulmonary artery? - Correct answer-the largest and main artery of the heart What does the dermis layer of skin contain? - Correct answer-hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and arrector pili What are the glands of the endocrine system? - Correct answer-thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla, pancreas, testies& ovaries. What are the pelvic limbs, Proximal to distal? - Correct answer-pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, and phalanges What are the bones in the thoracic limb? - Correct answer-scapula, humerus, ulna, carpal bones, metacarpal bones, and phalanges What is the meaning of renomegly? - Correct answer-the disease of the large kidney What drugs induce vomiting? - Correct answer-emetics When should a patients diet be changed? - Correct answer-Only when necessary and after careful consideration of nutritional requirements. What is the goal of the aseptic surgical technique? - Correct answer-Minimize the number of microorganisms that enter the surgical wound What is a seroma? - Correct answer-the accumulation of serious fluid in dead space in the region of an incision What is a absorbable suture material? - Correct answer-catgut What is cold sterilization? - Correct answer-objects that may be damaged by heat What is virulence? - Correct answer-the destruction of all microorganisms ability to cause disease What is a enterotomy? - Correct answer-an incision into the intestine What is a gastrotomy? - Correct answer-and incision into the stomach What is the virucidal disinfectant? - Correct answer-kills viruses What is hypotension? - Correct answer-low blood pressure What is the most common type of immunologic test performed in practice? - Correct answer-ELISA what are the two most commonly performed liver tests in small animal practice? - Correct answer-ALT and ALP What are the primary chemical tests of kidney function? - Correct answer-BUN and Crearinine What is plasma? - Correct answer-an anticoagulant spun down and is clear. What is serum? - Correct answer-blood placed in a red top tube spun down and it is the clear portion. What is PCV? - Correct answer-is the packed cell volume, also known as microhematocrit(Hct)