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An extension of an animals spine whose movements can help when interpreting temperament and the tool used to find a patient's weight.
What are tail and scale?
A PPE item that can prevent dog bites.
What is a muzzle?
Of, for, or relating to the nose.
What is nasal?
A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
What is an emergency?
A decrease in red blood cells or hemoglobin.
What is anemia?
A tasty morsel that can be used to bribe a patient and the term for a female dog or cat that is releasing mating hormones and is experiencing bloody discharge.
What are treat and in heat?
A blowing, whooshing, or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat.
What is a murmur?
The formation or presence of a new, abnormal growth of tissue.
What is neoplasia?
The forceful ejection of some or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, also known as vomiting.
What is emesis?
Low blood glucose.
What is hypoglycemia?
A metal structure that a patient can be placed in when staying in the hospital for an extended period of time and an indicator of the progression of a disease such as kidney disease.
What are cage and stage?
Imperfect positioning of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
What is malocclusion?
The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
What is necrosis?
The state of being abnormally thin or weak.
What is emaciation?
Low platelet count.
What is thrombocytopenia?
The way an animal walks and the numerical value, given in pounds or kilograms, that helps determine patient's dosages for medications.
What are gait and weight?
The development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer
What is metastasis?
Rapid involuntary movements of the eyes.
What is nystagmus?
A blockage in a blood vessel caused by a blood clot or other substance that prevents blood from reaching organs and tissues.
What is an embolism?
Elevated potassium levels.
What is hyperkalemia?
An area of the body that can be radiographed, especially when a patient is limping, and an additional service that can be performed to toenails.
What are limb and nail trim?
The bones in the forelimbs of animals that connect the carpal bones (wrist) to the phalanges (toes)
What are the metacarpal bones?
A type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infection
What is a neutrophil?
A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.
What is emphysema?
Increased nitrogenous waste products in the blood (like BUN and creatinine).
What is azotemia?