Directional Terms
Term used to describe a part or area nearest the midline or beginning of a structure.
What is proximal?
The system that brings oxygen from the air into the body for delivery via the blood to the cells.
What is the respiratory system?
The plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves.
What is the Midsagittal Plane?
Physical, chemical, and microscopic tests performed on urine.
What is urinalysis?
DVM
What is Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?
Term used to describe the caudal surface of the hind paw.
What is plantar?
System responsible for the removal of wastes and excess fluids from the body.
What is the urinary system?
The plane that divides the body into cranial and caudal parts.
What is the Transverse Plane?
The study of rays and ionizing radiation.
What is radiology?
BPM
What is Beats Per Minute?
The recumbency when one is lying on its back.
What is dorsal recumbency?
System responsible for the delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to various body tissues.
What is the cardiovascular system?
The caudal border of the thoracic cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
The study of blood.
What is hematology?
D/V
What is Dorsal/Ventral?
The opposite of superficial.
What is deep?
Provides a physical protective barrier but also aids in temperature regulation of the body and waste excretion.
What is the integumentary system?
Cavity that holds the urinary bladder.
What is the pelvic cavity?
The study of the functions of living organisms.
What is physiology?
RBC
What is Red Blood Cell count?
The prefix meaning between.
What is inter?
Two systems that work together to support the body and allow movement of the animal.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
The hollow space within the abdominal cavity between the parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum.
What is the peritoneal cavity?
The study of animal diseases.
What is zoopathology?
BAR
What is Bright, Alert, and Responsive?