Diseases
When the space between cartilage rings is wider than normal, resulting in a honking cough. Common in small breed dogs.
Collapsing Trachea
The heart has this many chambers
Four
Creates a "whooshing" sound (heard on cardiac auscultation) when blood flows backwards through valves.
Heart murmur
Dyspnea means
Difficulty breathing
The lower respiratory tract begins here
With/at the trachea
The most common cardiac disease in dogs.
Degenerative valve disease
If I asked you to retrieve blood from a cat's hind leg, what vein would you use?
The medial saphenous AKA femoral vein
We classify the sound of an irregular heartbeat as this
An arrhythmia
Tachycardia means
Rapid/elevated heart rate
At the bottom of the trachea there is a bifurcation where the lower respiratory tract branches off into what?
A left and right bronchus, or bronchi
Just like with people, this disease sees pets struggling/panicking for air.
Asthma
This is the vessel that takes deoxygenated blood to the lungs for gas exchange.
Pulmonary artery
A Doppler monitor picks up sounds so we can record values that give us this important information about a pet's cardiac function.
A pet's blood pressure
Hypertension means
Elevated/High blood pressure
This flap of cartilage at the base of the tongue closes when swallowing, to ensure food is directed into the esophagus
The epiglottis
There are two kinds of this cardiac disease - one affects primarily cats and one dogs
Cardiomyopathy. Dogs - Dilated, Cats - Hypertrophic
This is the valve on the left side of the heart that is responsible for most issues with degenerative valve disease.
The mitral valve
Snoring, squeaking or whistling that signifies narrowing of the airways.
Stridor
Tracheal Intubation means
Passing a breathing tube down the trachea (with an endotracheal tube) to support ventilation.
This is the only point where the lungs are fastened in place in the thoracic cavity.
The hilus
Inflammatory condition of the lung that happens when foreign material is inhaled.
Aspiration Pneumonia
This is the name given to the vessels that bring deoxygenated blood into the Right Atrium.
Superior and Inferior (or Cranial and Caudal) Vena Cava
Crackling noises that signify fluid filled or collapsed alveoli.
Crepitation
A vibration that is felt with a pulse, present in advanced heart murmurs.
A thrill
This is the membrane partition between the lungs where the heart, large vessels, trachea and esophagus are housed.
Mediastinum