HOSA VETERINARY SCIENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Answer-Procedure used to stimulate the heart to
deliver oxygen to the lungs.
Carnivore - Answer-Animals, such as dogs and cats, that require meat-based diets.
Castration - Answer-Removal of testes.
Cat scratch fever - Answer-Bacterial disease resulting from a cat scratch, which causes
a soreness at the inflicted site, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Catabolism - Answer-Cellular reactions that break larger molecules into smaller ones.
Caudal - Answer-Refers to the tail.
Central nervous system - Answer-Brain and spinal cord.
Centrifuge - Answer-A machine that spins substances such as blood to separate
differing densities within the spun matter.
Cervical disk disease - Answer-Painful disease resulting from pressure of cervical disk
on spinal cord.
Cesarean section - Answer-Surgical removal of a newborn.
Chemistry panel - Answer-Test that often evaluates blood sugar, electrolytes, protein,
liver and pancreatic enzymes, bilirubin, and nitrogen-containing wastes.
Chronic - Answer-Long term
Colic - Answer-General term used to describe abdominal pain in horses.
Coliform - Answer-A related group of disease-causing bacteria commonly found in
feces.
Colostrum - Answer-Antibody-rich milk that is first produced by the mother and secreted
initially after parturition.
, Coma - Answer-Prolonged state of unconsciousness.
Comminuted fracture - Answer-Bone break in which bone shatters in fragments.
Complete blood cell count (CBC) - Answer-Test that evaluates red blood cell (RBC)
count (often a packed cell volume is a part of of this testing), size of RBC's, amount of
hemoglobin, number of platelets, total white blood cell count, and a breakdown of the
types of cells present.
Compound (open) fracture - Answer-Bone break in which the bone punctures the skin.
Concentrates - Answer-Nonforage component of a diet consisting of grains, protein
sources, vitamins, and minerals.
Congenital - Answer-Present at birth
Constipation - Answer-Condition that occurs when the feces is too dry and moves too
slowly.
Constricts - Answer-Closes
Contagious - Answer-Disease condition that can be passed among organisms.
Cranial - Answer-Refers to the head
Cranial drawer sign - Answer-Diagnostic test for a torn cruciate ligament.
Cribbing - Answer-Wood chewing.
Cryptorchidism - Answer-Condition occurs when one or both testes fail to enter the
scrotum.
Cushing's disease - Answer-Elevated blood levels of cortisol with presentation of clinical
signs such as excessive thirst, urination, and appetite, thin skin and hair coat, panting,
enlarged abdomen, weakness and lethargy (hyperadrenocorticism)
Cutaneous larva migrans - Answer-Disease condition resulting from the infestation of
hookworm larvae into the body (also called creeping eruption)
Cyanosis - Answer-Blue color associated with low oxygen levels in the blood.
Débridement - Answer-Process in which damaged and contaminated tissue is removed
from a wound prior to the suturing process.
Abscess - Answer-An accumulation of fluid (pus) in a dead space between tissues
containing bacteria, white blood cells, and dead tissue.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Answer-Procedure used to stimulate the heart to
deliver oxygen to the lungs.
Carnivore - Answer-Animals, such as dogs and cats, that require meat-based diets.
Castration - Answer-Removal of testes.
Cat scratch fever - Answer-Bacterial disease resulting from a cat scratch, which causes
a soreness at the inflicted site, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Catabolism - Answer-Cellular reactions that break larger molecules into smaller ones.
Caudal - Answer-Refers to the tail.
Central nervous system - Answer-Brain and spinal cord.
Centrifuge - Answer-A machine that spins substances such as blood to separate
differing densities within the spun matter.
Cervical disk disease - Answer-Painful disease resulting from pressure of cervical disk
on spinal cord.
Cesarean section - Answer-Surgical removal of a newborn.
Chemistry panel - Answer-Test that often evaluates blood sugar, electrolytes, protein,
liver and pancreatic enzymes, bilirubin, and nitrogen-containing wastes.
Chronic - Answer-Long term
Colic - Answer-General term used to describe abdominal pain in horses.
Coliform - Answer-A related group of disease-causing bacteria commonly found in
feces.
Colostrum - Answer-Antibody-rich milk that is first produced by the mother and secreted
initially after parturition.
, Coma - Answer-Prolonged state of unconsciousness.
Comminuted fracture - Answer-Bone break in which bone shatters in fragments.
Complete blood cell count (CBC) - Answer-Test that evaluates red blood cell (RBC)
count (often a packed cell volume is a part of of this testing), size of RBC's, amount of
hemoglobin, number of platelets, total white blood cell count, and a breakdown of the
types of cells present.
Compound (open) fracture - Answer-Bone break in which the bone punctures the skin.
Concentrates - Answer-Nonforage component of a diet consisting of grains, protein
sources, vitamins, and minerals.
Congenital - Answer-Present at birth
Constipation - Answer-Condition that occurs when the feces is too dry and moves too
slowly.
Constricts - Answer-Closes
Contagious - Answer-Disease condition that can be passed among organisms.
Cranial - Answer-Refers to the head
Cranial drawer sign - Answer-Diagnostic test for a torn cruciate ligament.
Cribbing - Answer-Wood chewing.
Cryptorchidism - Answer-Condition occurs when one or both testes fail to enter the
scrotum.
Cushing's disease - Answer-Elevated blood levels of cortisol with presentation of clinical
signs such as excessive thirst, urination, and appetite, thin skin and hair coat, panting,
enlarged abdomen, weakness and lethargy (hyperadrenocorticism)
Cutaneous larva migrans - Answer-Disease condition resulting from the infestation of
hookworm larvae into the body (also called creeping eruption)
Cyanosis - Answer-Blue color associated with low oxygen levels in the blood.
Débridement - Answer-Process in which damaged and contaminated tissue is removed
from a wound prior to the suturing process.
Abscess - Answer-An accumulation of fluid (pus) in a dead space between tissues
containing bacteria, white blood cells, and dead tissue.
