Vet Tools
A vet uses this to listen to an animal's heart and lungs.
What is a stethoscope?
This organ pumps blood through the body.
What is the heart?
Dogs often wag this when they're happy.
What is their tail?
Dogs and cats both have this covering on most of their bodies.
What is fur?
This is the word for an animal that has been trained to help a person with a disability.
What is a service animal?
This tool measures an animal's body temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Animals breathe with these organs.
What are lungs?
Cats often knead with their paws when they feel this way.
What is relaxed or comfortable?
Birds have these instead of fur.
What are feathers?
Animals like hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and birds are often called this type of pet.
What are small (or exotic) pets?
This machine takes pictures of bones inside the animal's body.
What is an X-ray machine?
Vaccines help protect animals from getting these.
What are diseases (or illnesses)?
Rabbits may thump this body part on the ground to warn others.
What is their hind foot (or back feet)?
Adult dogs have about this many teeth.
What is 42?
This veterinarian specializes in caring for horses.
What is an equine veterinarian?
Vets wear these on their hands to help keep animals and themselves clean.
What are gloves?
This nutrient helps animals build strong muscles.
What is protein?
This is the word for an animal's natural behavior that it is born knowing how to do.
What is instinct?
This is the largest organ in an animal's body.
What is the skin?
This type of animal is awake at night and sleeps during the day.
What is nocturnal?
Vets use this to give medicine or vaccines with a tiny needle.
What is a syringe?
A veterinarian checks this to see if an animal is getting enough oxygen.
What is the gum color? (Pink gums usually mean healthy circulation.)
Many animals hibernate during winter to do this.
What is conserve energy?
This body system helps an animal fight off germs and diseases.
What is the immune system?
This is the term for an animal that only eats plants.
What is an herbivore?