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Tool identification
Equipment and materials identification
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Veterinary Medicine
11th Grade
03/12/2013

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Term

Backhaus Towel Clamp

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Definition
  • a clamp used for fixing drapes to the skin of anesthetized patients.
  • A scissor action with ratchet fixation at the finger loops and sharp, incurving, needle-like blades
Term

Chain Twitch

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Definition
A device used to clamp down on a horse’s muzzle for the purpose of controlling him or keeping him distracted
Term

Feeding Tube for Small Animals

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Definition
the administration of nutritionally balanced liquefied foods or nutrients through a tube inserted into the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, or jejunum
Term

Fetal Extractor

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Definition
  • Used during birth
  • helps to birth baby
Term

Fingertip Toothbrush

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Definition
  • A dental hygiene device that is a finite one-piece tapered tube with a rectangularly shaped mass of integrally formed molded bristle-like projections.
  • The device is designed to promote dental hygiene in specific situations where a conventional toothbrush is not appropriate
Term

Adson Tissue Froceps

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Definition
wishbone type forceps for grasping tissue, with a rat-tooth tip with a single point on one side fitting in between two teeth on the other
Term

Alligator Forceps

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Definition
strong toothed forceps having a double clamp
Term

Forceps-Allis tissue

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Definition

forceps with inward-curving toothed blades and a ratcheted handle.

Designed for grasping fascia (A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft structures of the body) and tendons.

Term

Forcepts-babcock tissue

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Definition
  • forceps with loop blades which are also semicircular in sagittal cross-section.
  • Designed to hold a short length of intestine without compressing it.
Term

Forceps-Brown-Adson thumb

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Definition
  • a thumb forceps similar to the Adson forceps 
  • having fine teeth at the tip
  • used for grasping delicate tissue
Term

Forcepts- Halstead mosquito hemoststic

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Definition
A small, straight or curved hemostatic forceps used to hold delicate tissue or compress a bleeding vessel
Term

Forceps- rat tooth thumb

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Definition
  • pointed projections (teeth) on the tips of some surgical instruments
  •  intermesh when brought together for grasping tissue with a minimum of trauma or crushing.
Term

Gavage needle

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Definition
forced feeding, as by a flexible tube and a force pump.
Term

Gravity feeder/ J tube

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Definition
a surgically positioned tube in the jejunum, protruding through the skin; it is used for enteral feeding when it is necessary to bypass the upper gastrointestinal tract

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/jejunostomy#ixzz2OgcjiNoo
Term

Head Chutte

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Definition
  • used to restrain large animals especially cattle and horses.
  • It is a small stall into which the animal is encouraged to walk.
  • The head is fixed
  •  the back is closed and the animal can then be examined or treated
Term

Hoof Knife

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Definition
  •  slightly curved knife with its tip turned laterally on itself to form a tunnel.
  • The flat part of the blade is used to trim the bottom of the hoof wall and the curved part to make grooves or cut holes.
  • The blade in some knives is sharpened on both edges.
Term

Hoof Pick

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Definition
curbed metal tool utilized to remove hardened dog doo from the treads of your endurance shoes
Term

Humane Twitch

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Definition
  • twitch in which a slipknot is fastened over the lower jaw and the rope is passed back, through a ring in a surcingle, back along the other side of the neck and into the slipknot loop.
  • Pulling on the rope pulls the head into the chest
Term

Identification Tag Applicator

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Definition
Tag applicators ensure the safe and accurate application of ear tags on livestock
Term

Laryngoscopes

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Definition
An instrument for examining the larynx.
Term

Lead Rope

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Definition
  • Attached to the headcollar to lead the horse with, or to tie it up for grooming and tacking up, etc
Term

Lead Gloves

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Definition
A fitted covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb
Term

Needle Holder-Mayo-Hegar

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Definition
lightweight needle driver with finger holes at the end of ratcheted handles and blades with cross-hatched faces.
Term

Microscope slide

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Definition
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Term

Muzzle-Commercial

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Definition
A leather or wire restraining appliance that, when fitted over an animal's snout, prevents biting and eating.
Term

Nail Clippers-plier

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Definition
The nail clipper consists of a head which may be concave or convex.
Term

Obstetrical Chain and Handle

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Definition
Aids in birth
Term

Ophthamoscope

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Definition
An instrument for inspecting the retina and other parts of the eye.
Term

Otoscope

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Definition
An instrument designed for visual examination of the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear.
Term

Paste gun

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Definition
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