VTNE – Terminology Exam 2024

VTNE – Terminology Exam 2024 The term used to describe enlargement of the liver is: a) Microhepatitis b)Hepatitis c) Hepatomegaly d) Cholelithiasis - Answer ️️ -c) Hepatomegaly What is the term for a malignant bone tumor? a) Osteodystrophy b) Osteosarcoma c)Osteomyelitis d) Osteomalacia - Answer ️️ -b) Osteosarcoma What term means fever? a) Hypothermia b) Pyrexia C) Hyperthermitis D) Caliente - Answer ️️ -b) Pyrexia Sometimes lymph nodes enlarge because of an increase in the number of cells. What is the term for overdevelopment because of an increase in the number of cells? a) Hypertrophy b) Adenopathy c) Hyperplasia d) Metastasis - Answer ️️ -Hyperplasia What is hypertrophy? - Answer ️️ -The enlargement of a tissue because of an increase in cell size, such as in a muscle What is Metastasis? - Answer ️️ -The spread of malignant cells from a neoplasm somewhere else in the body. Often occurs in lymph nodes that filter lymph from the area of the neoplasm and results in enlargement of the affected node(s). What is the name of the device used to count blood cells? a) Hematoscope b) Hemocytometer c) Hematometer d) Leukocytometer - Answer ️️ -b) Hemocytometer Difficulty standing is a) Dyschezia b) Dyspnea c) Dysphagia d) Ataxia - Answer ️️ -d) Ataxia The condition in which the skin hardens and is replaced with connective tissue is a) Dermatitis b) Dermatophytosis c) Scleroderma d) Xantoderma - Answer ️️ -c) Scleroderma A dog has swallowed a ball and it is stuck in its stomach. What is the name of the surgical procedure performed to remove it? a) Gastrectomy b) Gastrostomy c) Gastrotomy d) Gastropexy - Answer ️️ -c) Gastrotomy Gastrotomy - Answer ️️ -an incision is made in the stomach, which allows foreign bodies to be removed Gastrectomy - Answer ️️ -portion of the stomach is surgically removed Gastrostomy - Answer ️️ -new opening is made in the stomach (and not sutured) Gastropexy - Answer ️️ -the stomach is surgica