Rootin' Tootin' Terms
Start, End, Shorten!
Medical Records
Traffic Cop
He/She/What?
100
Medical terms can have more than one ________
What is root word?
100
The prefix MICRO- means...
What is small, tiny, miniscule
100
The VCPR or medical record stands for....
What is Veterinary-Client-Patient-Relationship?
100
Anterior is toward the front, posterior is toward the...
What is the back?
100
The species name for dog.
What is canine?
200
If obese means overweight and excessive eating, anorexia means...
What is loss of weight, not eating?
200
BPM is....
What is beats per minute?
200
When disposing of old medical records, you should...
What is SHRED THEM or permanently delete from computer system.
200
The opposite of distal(away from the core of body).
What is proximal (toward the core of body)?
200
Species name for guinea pig.
What is cavy?
300
Lethargy means...
What is tired, weak?
300
An animal arrives to the emergency clinic and is labelled DOA. DOA stands for...
What is Dead on Arrival
300
This part of the medical record details a patient's medical history.
What is the master problem list?
300
The term for towards the nose is
What is rostral?
300
The species name for cat.
What is feline?
400
If cardi/ is pertaining to the heart, than cerebr/ is pertaining to
What is the brain?
400
This prefix means inside or within.
What is intra or endo?
400
The VCPR must be reviewed and maintained on ______ basis in order assure information and the client relationship is up to date.
What is yearly or annual basis?
400
Caudal is referring to toward the...
What is the tail?
400
A male dog is called a stud, a male cat is called a....
What is tom?
500
Hematuria means there is ____ in the urine
What is blood?
500
1.0 ml qd means...
What is 1.0 milliliters every day?
500
The progress notes from a patient's visit should be completed in the medical record....
What is after the patient has been treated?
500
If palmar is referring to bottom of the front feet, plantar is referring to...
What is the bottom of the rear feet?
500
Species name for rats/mice.
What is murine?
600
If otology is the study of the ear (Oto/ or aur/o referring to the ear), than ophthalmology is the study of the....
What is the eye?
600
You read a prescription and it says to give 5L of fluid via SubQ to a 95lb Great Dane. These abbreviations mean...
What is liter, subcutaneous, and pound?
600
Situation: A client is moving to a different state and needs to switch to another veterinary clinic. She needs to sign a ______ in order for her current clinic send the medical record for her pet to the new clinic.
What is a waiver?
600
Medial means toward the midline of the body; lateral means...
What is away from the midline of body?
600
Male and female deer are called bucks and does.
Male and female rabbits are called....
What are bucks and does?
700
The root word of subcutaneous is...
What is cutaneous?
700
Break down this word: erythrocyte. Erythrto/cyte. It is something pertaining to blood. It is a ___blood____.
What is RED blood CELL?
700
Aftercare instructions are found on the...
What is the discharge sheet?
700
Dorsal is toward the back of the body, ventral is toward the...
What is the front?
700
Species name for cow.
Species name for sheep.
Species name for horse.
What is bovine?
What is ovine?
What is equine?
800
Situation: Your veterinarian has asked you, as the tech, to give a vaccination. Vaccinations are given intradermally. What does intradermal mean?
What is within or inside?
800
Ovariohysterectomy should be abbreviated to ______.
What is ovh or ohe?
800
SITUATION: Frankie the pug is ready to be picked up by his owner after being boarded for a few days at your vet clinic. All the cages in the boarding area are full, so finding Frankie will be difficult. You look in the _______ blank for his _______. You then are able to find Frankie and return him to his owner and go home.
What is medical record for cage card.
800
The direction the A line is....
What is cranial?
800
Species name for rabbit.
What is lagomorph?