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A comprehensive study guide or reference material for a veterinary medical terminology exam. It covers a wide range of topics related to veterinary anatomy, physiology, pathology, and medical terminology. Detailed questions and answers on various aspects of veterinary medicine, including the meaning of combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes, as well as the identification of anatomical structures, medical conditions, and procedures. The level of detail and the breadth of topics covered suggest that this document could be a valuable resource for veterinary students, veterinary technicians, or anyone studying veterinary medical terminology. The document seems to be an updated version from 2025, indicating that it contains the latest information and terminology relevant to the field.
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The suffix _____ means "to surgically remove." - Correct Answer โ -ectomy The prefix ___ means "good, easy, or normal." - Correct Answer โ Eu- Physiology is the study of _____. - Correct Answer โ Body function Anatomy is the study of _____. - Correct Answer โ Body structure The suffix for treatment with chemical substances or drugs is _____. - Correct Answer โ -therapy In the word gastroenteritis, what is the combining vowel? - Correct Answer โ Gastr/o A combining form for "lungs" is: - Correct Answer โ Pneum/o
The ____ cavity, the hollow space between the neck and diaphragm, contains the heart and lungs. - Correct Answer โ Thoracic Etiology is the study of: - Correct Answer โ Disease causes The prefix ____ means "externally". - Correct Answer โ Ecto A combining form for "bone" is: - Correct Answer โ Oste/o In the word gastr/itis, the element "itis" means: - Correct Answer โ Inflammation The term meaning towards the tail is: - Correct Answer โ Caudal The suffix ___ means to "to surgically stabilize" - Correct Answer โ -pexy
A combining form for "muscle" is: - Correct Answer โ My/o A combining form for "blood" is: - Correct Answer โ Nem/o or Hemat/o Which of the following planes divides the body into cranial and caudal parts? - Correct Answer โ Transverse The medical term for "pertaining to both sides" is : - Correct Answer โ Bilateral Pathology is the study of: - Correct Answer โ Nature, causes, and development of abnormal conditions The suffix "-logy" means: - Correct Answer โ Study of Which muscle type is striated and voluntary? - Correct Answer โ Skeletal
Surgical repair of bone is known as: - Correct Answer โ Osteoplasty The ____ skeleton is the framework of the body that includes such components as the skull, auditory ossicles, vertebral column, and ribs. - Correct Answer โ Axial The term for "the shaft of a long bone" is: - Correct Answer โ Diaphysis The term "myotomy" means incision to: - Correct Answer โ A muscle Which procedure is used to record a muscle's response to electrical stimulation? - Correct Answer โ Electromyography Which surgical procedure means a surgical incision or opening into the skull? - Correct Answer โ Craniotomy
What are the parts of the pelvic bone? - Correct Answer โ Pubis, Illium, Ischium The combining forms for "vertebra" are _____ and vertebr/o. - Correct Answer โ Spondyl/o The atlas, which supports the skull, is the first _____ verterbrae - Correct Answer โ Cervical What does rectus mean in relation to muscles? - Correct Answer โ Straight A common name for the tarsus is the: - Correct Answer โ Hock Which type of muscle fiber is spindle shape without stripes or striations? - Correct Answer โ Smooth muscle
What is the correct order of the vertebral column from cranial to caudal? - Correct Answer โ Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccygeal What type of fracture results when the bone is splintered? - Correct Answer โ Comminuted fracture The medical term that means "The opposite of osteosclerosis" is: - Correct Answer โ Osteomalacia Muscles that rotate that palmar or plntar surface downward are classified as: - Correct Answer โ Pronator The opposite of contraction is: - Correct Answer โ Relaxation Intercostal muscles are located between the: - Correct Answer โ Ribs
A(n) _____ is a group of turkey eggs. - Correct Answer โ Clutch A(n) ____ lamb is a young sheep less than 3 months of age. - Correct Answer โ Hothouse In dogs and cats, the part of the ear that projects outside of the head is known as the: - Correct Answer โ Pinna The upper lip and apex of the nose of swine is the: - Correct Answer โ Snout The carpus in ungulates is called the: - Correct Answer โ Knee Name the term for an intact female swine. - Correct Answer โ Sow In the process of ____, dairy animals give birth. - Correct Answer โ Freshening
In canines, the act of giving birth is called: - Correct Answer โ Whelping Cow is to mare as steer is to ______ - Correct Answer โ Gelding In swine, giving birth is called: - Correct Answer โ Farrowing A young llama is called a: - Correct Answer โ Cria The coronary band in equines is the same as the ____. - Correct Answer โ Coronet What is a group of geese called? - Correct Answer โ Gaggle A sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf is a: - Correct Answer โ Freemartin
In cattle, the third and fourth metacarpal form what? - Correct Answer โ Cannon bone The solid part of a sheep's tail is called the: - Correct Answer โ Dock In equines the top of the head is called the _____. - Correct Answer โ Poll In goats, the appendage that suspends from the head, under the chin is called the _____ - Correct Answer โ Wattle What is an intact male cat called? - Correct Answer โ Tom What is a castrated male horse called? - Correct Answer โ Gelding The v-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof is known as the ____ - Correct Answer โ Frog
The mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the carnioventral part of the ruminant chest is called the ____ - Correct Answer โ Brisket A young bovine that has not given birth is called a: - Correct Answer โ Heifer Parrots belong in a group of birds called: - Correct Answer โ Psittacine In sheep the region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula is known as the ____ - Correct Answer โ Shoulder The femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds is called the - Correct Answer โ Stifle
In horses, which part of the head contains two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip? - Correct Answer โ Muzzle The rudimentary first digit of dogs and cats is called the - Correct Answer โ Dewclaw The musculature of the upper thigh in swine is called the - Correct Answer โ Ham Renal failure is the inability of kidneys to function. Renal failure may be acute. What does acute mean? - Correct Answer โ Occuring suddenly or over a short period. _____ is a surgical puncture of the urinary bladder, usually to collect urine. - Correct Answer โ Cystocentesis The formation of a new opening into the urinary bladder is known as - Correct Answer โ Cystostomy
What is the combining form for stomach? - Correct Answer โ Gastr/o Drugs that stimulate the flow of urine are called - Correct Answer โ Diuretics The ruminant stomach is divided into four parts, which part is called the honeycomb? - Correct Answer โ Reticulum The jejunum is part of what? - Correct Answer โ Small intestine Where does the mechanical and chemical process of digestion begin? - Correct Answer โ Mouth Animals with one true or glandular stomach are classified as - Correct Answer โ Monogastric
____ is the procedure to remove blood waste products when the kidneys are no longer functioning. - Correct Answer โ Dialysis What is the function of the urinary bladder? - Correct Answer โ Holds the urine What is the function of the ureter? - Correct Answer โ Carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder What is another name for a kidney stone? - Correct Answer โ Nephrolith The outer layer of the kidney is known as the - Correct Answer โ Cortex The major waste product of protein metabolism is _____, which is filtered by the kidney. - Correct Answer โ Urea
The process of cholecystectomy involves which of the following? - Correct Answer โ Surgical removal of the gallbladder The cecum is part of the - Correct Answer โ Large Intestine What is the common name for the pharynx? - Correct Answer โ Throat The _____ system is responsible for the intake and breakdown of food and water, the absorption of nutrients, and the elimination of solid waste products. - Correct Answer โ Digestive An animal not producing urine is said to be - Correct Answer โ Anuria What does the abbreviation "UTI" stand for? - Correct Answer โ Urinary Tract Infection
The combining form "enter/o" means? - Correct Answer โ Small intestine _____ is the examination of urine components and is abbreviated UA. - Correct Answer โ Urinalysis In the path of digestion, ______ is the series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscles that move down the esophagus. - Correct Answer โ Peristalsis The _____ system removes waste from the body by constantly filtering blood. - Correct Answer โ Urinary Enteritis is inflammation of which of the following? - Correct Answer โ Small intestine _____ is a term that means the intake of fresh air. - Correct Answer โ Ventilation
Abnormal accumulation of blood in the chest cavity is: - Correct Answer โ Hemothorax ____ respiration is the absorption of atmospheric oxygen by the blood in the lungs and the diffusion of carbon dioxide from the blood in the lungs to atmospheric air. - Correct Answer โ External Breathing out is called: - Correct Answer โ Exhalation Palate means roof of the mouth, and the combining form for palate is: - Correct Answer โ Palat/o Another name for narrowed nostrils is: - Correct Answer โ Stenotic Nares Puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain fluid or air from the pleural cavity is called: - Correct Answer โ Thoracocentesis
What is the combining form for "cough"? - Correct Answer โ Tuss/i Difficult breathing is known as: - Correct Answer โ Dyspnea Which term means an abnormally rapid respiration rate? - Correct Answer โ Tachypnea The term for blockage of a vessel is: - Correct Answer โ Occlusion Which of the following is the smallest blood vessel - Correct Answer โ Capillaries The opening in a vessel through which fluid flows is known as: - Correct Answer โ Lumen Which artery is located under the collarbone? - Correct Answer โ Subclavien Artery
Which heart chamber pumps blood to the lungs? - Correct Answer โ Right ventricle Hypertension means: - Correct Answer โ High blood pressure Name a device that can be implanted into a blood vessel to prevent it from collapsing? - Correct Answer โ Stent In relation to rhythm, what term describes an abnormally rapid heartbeat? - Correct Answer โ Tachycardia Blood flow through a tissue is: - Correct Answer โ Perfusion Surrounding the heart is a double-walled membrane called: - Correct Answer โ Pericardium The term for a skin flake is: - Correct Answer โ Scale
Excessive mammary development in males is called: - Correct Answer โ Gynecomastia Abnormally low blood glucose level is known as: - Correct Answer โ Hypoglycemia The integumentary system consists of skin and ____, things like glands, hair, fur, and wool. - Correct Answer โ Appendages Which of the following means to secrete or separate? - Correct Answer โ -crine The significance of the "master gland" is that it: - Correct Answer โ Secretes many hormones that control or master other endocrine glands. What is the "master gland"? - Correct Answer โ Pituitary gland
As one of the secretions of the anterior pituitary gland, ____ hormone augments ovulation and aids in the maintenance of pregnancy in females. - Correct Answer โ Leuteinizing Hypoadrenocorticism, a disorder caused by deficient adrenal cortex production of glucocorticoid, is also known as: - Correct Answer โ Cushing's disease Dead tissue is said to be: - Correct Answer โ Necrotic A malignant black tumor of skin is a(n): - Correct Answer โ Melanoma Hair loss resulting in hairless patches or complete lack of hair is called: - Correct Answer โ Alopecia What is the term used to describe trimming the nail or claw to the level of the dermis? - Correct Answer โ Quicking
_____ is an abnormal condition of low pH. - Correct Answer โ Acidosis ____ is a common term for skin disease caused by mites. - Correct Answer โ Mange What is the chemical substance that helps control circadian rhythm? - Correct Answer โ Melatonin A localized collection of pus is a(n): - Correct Answer โ Abscess The chemical secretion of endocrine glands are called: - Correct Answer โ Hormones ____ is the inflammation of the pancreas. - Correct Answer โ Pancreatitis Which hormone transports blood glucose to the cells? - Correct Answer โ Insulin
Surgical removal of a well-defined portion of an organ is called: - Correct Answer โ Lobectomy The _____, which has both exocrine and endocrine functions, is an aggregation of the cells near the proximal duodenum - Correct Answer โ Pancreas Enlargement of the thyroid gland is termed: - Correct Answer โ Thyromegaly A benign growth of fat cells is a(n): - Correct Answer โ Lipoma Which of the following glands regulates metabolism and iodine uptake? - Correct Answer โ Thyroid gland Over functioning sudorifereous glands produce excessive amounts of what? - Correct Answer โ Sweat
The ____ is the main component of the hair shaft, is several layers thick and is responsible for coat color. - Correct Answer โ Cortex The most superficial layer of skin is the _____. - Correct Answer โ Epidermis A deficiency in blood supply is called: - Correct Answer โ Ischemia A nosebleed is known as: - Correct Answer โ Epistaxis The procedure of ultra-sounding a heart is: - Correct Answer โ Echocardiogram Asystole means: - Correct Answer โ Lack of heart activity or flat line The term meaning toward the head is: - Correct Answer โ Cranial
Combining form for skin is: - Correct Answer โ Dermat/o What does "Hypoxia" mean? - Correct Answer โ Below normal levels of oxygen In animals, the joint that houses the patella is called the: - Correct Answer โ Stifle joint The ______ nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. - Correct Answer โ Central What is the medical term for stumbling or without coordination? - Correct Answer โ Ataxia In the ______ phase of the estrous cycle, the graafian follicle is present and estrogen is the predominate hormone - Correct Answer โ Follicular
The term for surgical incision of the perineum and vagina to facilitate delivery of the fetus and to prevent damage to maternal structures is: - Correct Answer โ Episiotomy The cranial and spinal nerves make up the _____ nervous system. - Correct Answer โ Peripheral What is Pyometra? - Correct Answer โ Pus in the uterus What is the combining form for pregnant? - Correct Answer โ Gravid/o What is the term that means "without pain"? - Correct Answer โ Analgesia What is the suffix for paralysis? - Correct Answer โ plegia The heat cycle in females is known as: - Correct Answer โ Estrous