Anatomy & Physiology
A patient receives an SQ injection. Name the anatomical layer where the medication is administered
What is the hypodermis (subcutaneous layer)?
A patient presents with a neurological disorder affecting communication between the brain and muscles. What type of chemical messenger may be involved?
What are neurotransmitters?
A discharge instruction reads: "Gabapentin 100 mg PO BID PRN." How often and what route is this medication to be adminstered?
What is twice daily by mouth as needed.
A skin lesion is noted on the ventral abdomen. What does ventral mean?
What is toward the stomach/belly?
Which skin layer contains blood vessels?
What is the dermis?
A technician is discussing skin health with a client. Which layer of the skin contains hair follicles, glands, nerve endings, blood vessels, and lymphatic channels?
What is the dermis?
This body system stores calcium, forms blood cells, protects organs, and assists movement.
What is the skeletal system?
A patient is scheduled for surgery and is marked NPO. What instruction should the owner have followed?
What is no food or water by mouth?
The tip of the nose is rostral to the eyes. What does rostral mean?
What is toward the nose?
Name the only muscle type that continuously contracts throughout life without conscious control.
What is cardiac muscle?
A patient has a disease affecting the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment. What physiological concept is being disrupted?
What is homeostasis?
A patient can no longer produce appropriate chemical signals that coordinate body functions. Which two body systems work together to regulate these signals?
What are the nervous and endocrine systems?
A SOAP note states the patient is BAR. What is the patient's general attitude and mentation?
What is Bright, Alert, and Responsive?
Which directional term describes a structure located closer to the body than the paw?
What is proximal?
Which bone type would the patella be classified as?
What is a sesamoid bone?
This level of organization comes after tissues but before organ systems.
What are organs?
Which body system would be primarily responsible for creating a barrier between internal organs and the external environment?
What is the integumentary system?
An owner reports medication was given TID instead of BID. How many extra doses would be administered in a 24-hour period?
What is one extra dose?
A lesion is noted on the cranial aspect of the forelimb. Toward which direction is the lesion located?
What is toward the head/cranium?
Which bone type would a vertebra be classified as?
What is an irregular bone?
Which term explains where the kidneys are located and which explains how they filter blood?
What are anatomy and physiology, respectively?
A disease damages the marrow of multiple bones. Name one major function of bone that would be affected.
What is blood cell production?
A doctor notes redness in OS and discharge in AD. Which eye and ear are affected?
What are the left eye and right ear?
Which directional term is the opposite of distal?
What is proximal?
Name all five bone classifications.
What are long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid bones?