Animal Anatomy
This organ pumps blood through the body.
What is the heart?
This tool is used to listen to heartbeats.
What is a stethoscope?
This tail movement in dogs usually means happiness.
What is wagging?
This is the term for shots that prevent disease.
What are vaccines?
Potosi, Wisconsin sits along this major U.S. river.
What is the Mississippi River?
The skeletal system provides this main function.
What is support and structure?
This sharp tool is used for surgical incisions.
What is a scalpel?
Always do this before approaching an unfamiliar dog or cat.
What is ask the owner or let it sniff your hand?
This common parasitic worm lives in the intestines.
What is roundworm or tapeworm?
In the 19th century, this mineral industry helped Potosi thrive during Wisconsin’s early economic boom.
What is lead mining?
These animals are ruminants and have a four-chambered stomach.
What are cows, sheep, or goats?
This tool is used to take an animal’s temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This type of restraint is used for aggressive animals.
What is chemical or physical restraint?
Rabies is spread through this.
What is saliva or bites?
This museum in Potosi features exhibits on transportation and brewing and is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.
What is the National Brewery Museum?
The largest organ in most animals' bodies.
What is the skin?
This piece of PPE protects your hands during exams.
What are gloves?
Purring in cats can indicate this besides happiness.
What is stress or pain?
This term describes something that can spread from animals to humans.
What is zoonotic?
Potosi is located in this part of Wisconsin, known for its unglaciated terrain and rugged hills.
What is the Driftless Area?
The term for the back leg of a dog or cat.
What is the hindlimb or rear leg?
This device is used to restrain animals for x-rays.
What is a radiographic positioning device or a sandbag/foam block?
A flight zone refers to this behavior.
What is the area around an animal that triggers movement when entered?
This condition involves a sudden twist of the stomach, especially in large dogs.
What is bloat or GDV - gastric dilatation-volvulus?
This now-defunct transport system, once crucial to Potosi’s economy, ran along the Mississippi River.
What is the steamboat trade?