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Biology
Undergraduate 2
09/21/2008

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Normal Temp for a dog
Definition
99.5 - 102.5
Term

Normal pulse rate for a dog

Definition

60 -180

Term
NORMAL RESPIRATIONS FOR A DOG
Definition
10 - 30 RPMS
Term
NORMAL RESPIRATIONS FOR A CAT
Definition
24 -42 RPMS
Term

NORMAL PULSE RATE FOR A CAT

Definition
140 -220 BPM
Term

BODY TEMP IS MAINTAINED WITHIN A NARROW RANGE BY WHAT ?

Definition

THERMOREGULATORY MECHANISM FOUND IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS

Term
NAME 3 FACTORS FOR NORMAL ELEVATION OF TEMPERATURE
Definition

1) FEAR

2) EXCITEMENT

3) OUTSIDE TEMP

Term
TEMP FLUXUATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY: DOWN IN THE A.M, UP IN THE AFTERNOON, AND DOWN IN THE EVENING. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS NATURAL PHENOMENON?
Definition
DIURNAL PATTERN
Term
PYREXIA (PYREXIC)
Definition
FEVER
Term

HOW MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY SHOULD A TEMP BEING TAKEN TO PROVE THAT IT IS A REAL TEMP AND NOT THE ANIMALS NATURAL DIURNAL PATTERN?

Definition
FOUR
Term
THE PULSE BEAT IS A RESULT OF WHAT ?
Definition
THE VENTRICALS CONTRACTING
Term
TOY BREED DOGS AND PUPPIES CAN HAVE AN ELVATED PULSE RATE OF WHAT ?
Definition
180 -220 BPM
Term

THE HEART RATE AND PULSE SHOULD BE THE SAME IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE. WHAT IS THE ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE?

Definition
GAINT BREEDS
Term

BRADYCARDIA

Definition
SLOWER THAN NORMAL HR
Term
TACHYCARDIA
Definition
FASTER THAN NORMAL HR
Term
WHAT IS A DROPPPED PULSE?
Definition
NOT A PULSE BEAT FOR EVERY HEART BEAT
Term
HOW MANY BEATS SHOULD YOU LISTEN FOR TO SEE IF THERE IS A DROP PULSE?
Definition
5-6 BEATS
Term

WHY IS THERE NOT A PULSE BEAT FOR EVERY HEAR BEAT IN A DROPPED PULSE?

Definition
THE VENTRICALS ARE NOT FULLY CONTRACTNG TO SEND BLOOD BACK THE EXTREMITY FOR A PULSE BEAT
Term

REGULARLY REGULAR HEART RATE AND PULSE RATE

COMMON IN CATS

Definition
NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM
Term

IRREGULARLY REGULAR HEART RATE AND PULSE PATTERN. UNEQUALLY SPACED BEATS WITH A PATTERN.

 

COMMON IN DOG

 

APPEARS TO SPEED OR SLOW DOWN WITH BREATHING

Definition
SINUS ARHYTHMIA
Term
IRREGULARLY IRREGULAR HEAR RATE AND PULSE PATTERN.
Definition
DISRHYTHMIA
Term
WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES FOR A PULSE CHARATER?
Definition

1) FIRM OR REGULAR - NORMAL

2) SOFT OR THREADY - DROP IN BP, HYPOTENSIVE IE. SHOCK

3) HARD OR BOUNDING - IE. CONGESTIVE HEART FALUIRE

Term

WHAT ARE THE CHARATERISTICE OBSERVED FOR RESPITORY RATE?

Definition

1) SHALLOW - NORMAL

2) SLOW AND DEEP - NORMAL

3) SHALLOW AND RAPID - ABNORMAL

Term
TACHYPNEA
Definition
RAPID BREATHING
Term
HYPERPNEA
Definition
DEEPER MORE RAPID BREATHING
Term
DYSPNEA
Definition
DISTRESSED BREATHING
Term
WHAT SIDE OF THE STETHOSCOPE DO YOU USE TO LISTEN TO LOUD SOUND LIKE BREATHING ?
Definition
THE DIAPHRAGM SIDE
Term
WHAT SIDE OF THE STETHOSCOP DO YOU USE TO LISTEN TO LOW OR SOFT SOFT SOUND?
Definition
THE BELL
Term
WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT THE SLANT OF UR STETHOSCOPE TO BE IN UR EARS?
Definition
POINTING AWAY FROM YOU TO BLOCK OUT EXTRA NOISE
Term
adventitious
Definition
abnormal
Term
commonly refered to as the lub dub sound that the heat makes?
Definition

s1 - caused by the clousre of the AV valves

s2 - cause by the closure of the semilunar valves

Term

WHY DO WE LISTEN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART FOR THE HR?

Definition
THERE ARE 3 VAVLES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ONLY ONE ON THE RIGHT
Term
WHERE IS THE APEX OF THE HEART?
Definition
BETWEEN THE 3 AND 5 RIB
Term

PATIENT SIGNALMENT?

Definition
CHARATERISTICS SUCH AS COLOR, BREED, SEX, AND REPRODUCTIVE STATUS
Term
TWO ALTERNATE SITES TO CHECK THE PULSE?
Definition

1) PALMAR ASPECT OF THE CARPUS ( THINK WORK)

2) VENTRAL ASPECT OF THE TAIL AT THE BASE

Term

SUBNORMAL ARTREAL BLOOD PRESSURE

Definition
HYPOTENSION
Term

THE OUTER MOST FIBROUS COAT , WHITE OF THE EYE

Definition
SCLERA
Term
FOCUSES LIGHT ONTO THE RETINA
Definition
LENS
Term
COLORED, CONTRACTILE MEMBRANE BETWEEN THE LENS AND THE CORNEA REGULATES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE PUPIL
Definition
IRIS
Term
OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THE IRIS. SHAPE CAN VARY WITH IN A SPECIES. BOTH SHOULD BE THE SAME SIZE.
Definition
PUPIL
Term
CLEAR, TRANSPARENT COVERING OF THE EYE, NORMALLY MOIST AND GLOSSLY IN APPEARANCE. NO BLOOD VESSELS SHOULD BE SEEN
Definition
CORNEA
Term
MUSCUS MEMBRANE NORMAL PINK IN COLOR OF THE EYE
Definition
CONJUNCTIVA
Term
THIRD EYELID, LOCATED AT THE MEDIAL CANTHUSOF THE EYE
Definition
NICTITATING MEMBRANE
Term
DEVAITION OF THE POISTION OF THE EYES IN THE ORBIT
Definition
STABISMUS
Term
RETINA
Definition

LIGHT RECEPTOR IN THE EYE

 

TRANSFORMS LIGHT INTO SIGNALS THAT ARE SENT THROUGH THE OPTIC NERVE TO BRAIN THAT COMES UP WITH AN IMAGE.

Term
LAYER OF THE EYE BETWEEN THE SCLERA AND THE RETINA. PROVIDES A BLOOD SUPPLY AND NUTURIENTS TO THE EYE
Definition
CHOROID
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