Eyes & Ears
Words relating to sounds
Abbreviations
Harder Abbreviations
Surgical Procedures
100

Ear drum.

What is the tympanic membrane?

100
Listening to sounds within the body.

What is auscultation?

100

OD

What is right eye?

100

FAD

What is flea allergy dermatitis?
100
To make a surgical incision into the bladder.

What is a cystotomy?

200

Ear mite.

What is otodectes?

200

Abnormal lung sounds heard at the end of inspiration are usually associated with small airway disease since these are the last airways to open. 

What are crackles or rales?

200

AS

What is left ear?

200

HBC

What is hit by car?
200

Surgical tacking of the outside of the stomach to the abdominal wall.

What is a gastropexy?

300

Inner corner of the eye.

What is the medial canthus?

300

High-pitched, wheezing-like noise in animals that indicates a restriction in airflow.

What is stridor?

300

QID

What is every 6 hours or 4 times a day?

300

VWF

What is von Willebrand factor?
300

Surgical procedure that creates a new opening into the urethra. More commonly performed in cats than dogs.

What is a perineal urethrostomy?

400

Duct that produces tears.

What is the lacrimal gland?

400

Cracking sensation felt and heard when broken bones or diseased joints move together.

What is crepitus?

400

EOD

What is every other day?
400

DIC

What is disseminated intravscular coagulation?

400

Birth defect caused by incomplete changes in the heart's circulation when a dog or cat is born.

What is patent ductus arteriosus?

500

Spiral bony organ that helps convert sound waves into electrical stimulation in the brain.

What is the cochlea?

500

Term relating to sound.

What is acoustic?

500

CRT

What is capillary refill time?

500

TECA

What is total ear canal ablation?

500

Declaw surgery

What is an onychectomy ?

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