Lab Safety
This protects your eyes from chemicals and splashes
What are goggles or safety glasses?
The _____ is the area that holds the slide
What is the stage?
Bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses are all examples that fall under this broad category
What are microorganisms?
These are the tubes that carry blood back to the heart
What are veins?
This is the behavior that ticks do to find and latch on to a host?
What is questing? DAILY DOUBLE - BONUS POINTS!
You should tie this back so it doesn't catch fire, get caught, or make contact with chemicals
What is long hair?
This is the part of the microscope that you look through
What is the eyepiece?
This type of microorganism can cause skin and ear infections in cats and dogs
What are yeast/fungi +/- bacteria
The atria are the "upstairs" chambers of the heart and these are the "downstairs" chambers
What are the ventricles?
Dogs and cats with this external parasite (1) develop this internal parasite (2) as they are carriers of the egg stage of the life cycle - 2 part answer!
What are fleas and tapeworms?
This is something that you should not do in a lab because of cross contamination
What is eating or drinking?
The two knobs that help focus a sample under the microscope are called the...
What are the coarse and fine focus knobs?
This type of microorganism is responsible for causing Lyme disease (Bonus points: what shape is said microorganism?)
What is bacteria? Bonus: spirochete (spiral shaped bacteria)
These are the tubes that carry blood AWAY from the heart
What are the arteries?
Heartworm disease is spread by this vector
What are mosquitos?
This area is used to wash chemicals out of your eyes if you are accidentally exposed or splashed
What is an eyewash station?
If moving a microscope, you should carry it by these two parts
What is the base and the arm?
Name a fungi that causes skin issues particularly in cats and often glows under a black light
What is ringworm?
These parts of the heart help keep blood from flowing in a backward direction and make the "lub-dub" sound you hear with a stethoscope
What are valves?
Cats or dogs with external parasites will often show these symptoms (name 3!)
Responses will vary - itching/scratching, hair loss, scabs, sores, skin infection, visible parasites, etc.
This is something you can do or wear to limit your exposure to chemicals, parasites and bodily fluids while in the lab
What is washing your hands or wearing gloves?
The ______ adjusts how much light goes through the sample/slide
What is the diaphragm?
Name 2 of the 3 ways that microorganisms in the protozoa family move around
What is flagellets (one long tail), Ciliates (tiny hair-like bristles) or amoebas ("blobbing around")
What is the area of the heart that heartworms are most likely to get stuck in?
What is the pulmonary artery? (Blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart toward the lungs to get oxygenated)
Cats or dogs with internal parasites will often show these symptoms (name 3!)
Responses will vary - diarrhea, weight loss, lethargy, loss of appetite, vomiting, visible worms, etc.