What That Is?
Canine or K9 is referring to what animal?
Dog
The anatomical plane splitting an animal into equal left and right sections, running down the body from head to tail
Median Plane
True or False: If a suffix is at the end of a word and gives that word its ultimate meaning, then a prefix is found in the middle.
FALSE
What root word denotes (means) blood?
Hem/o or hemat/o
Equine is a.....
Horse
Direction meaning towards the back
Dorsal
The opposite of the prefix brady- means fast/rapid
Tachy
We call them bones, but what is the Greek/Latin root word for bones?
Oste/o or oss/i/e
Lions live in prides and dogs live in packs. What is a group of domesticated cats called?
Pride
The transverse plane divides the body into the:
A. Equal halves, left and right
B. Front and back (cranial/caudal)
C. Top and bottom (dorsal/ventral)
B. Front and back (cranial/caudal)
What does the suffix -tomy mean?
incision or cutting into
We all know the root word for heart; what is the root word for arteries?
Cardi/o; arteri/o
Young cats are kittens, young sheep are called lambs, young goats are called...
Kids
If bipedal means walks on two legs, quadruped means...
Walks on 4 legs
This prefix means the opposite of old/same
Neo (means new, modified)
In the word panleukopenia, the "o" is called a...
True or False: The term cow is referring all animals in the bovine family.
False: Cow is a female cattle that has given birth
Plantar is the bottom of the _______ feet, Palmar is the bottom of the ________ feet
Front, back
If the prefix dys means difficult, painful/bad, then what prefix means good, easy, normal?
Eu
True or False: Root words are always in the middle of a word.
False!
Birds live in flocks, and so do this animal. What is it?
Sheep/Ovine
If a body part is median on the body, we mean it is...
Toward the midline of the body (middle)
Identify the suffix in the term gastrointestinal.
What does that suffix mean?
-al
adjective - describing or pertaining to
True or False: A word can have more than one root word.
True!
What is the act of giving birth called for pigs?
Farrowing
If a body part is lateral, we mean it is...
Away from the midline of the body
True or False: There is no prefix in the word cardiorrhexis
True
Osteomalacia means the abnormal softening of the bones. Where is the root word and the suffix?
Oste/o and -ia
True or False: A stallion is a breed of horse.
FALSE: A stallion is an intact male horse
Deep lacerations extend below the surface of the skin, while abrasions are typically superficial. What does superficial mean?
True or False: the prefixes super and supra mean the same thing.
What do they mean?
True!
above, beyond, excessive
Gastropexy is a procedure where a specific body part is tacked surgically to the side. What body part is being tacked?
Stomach; Gastr/o = stomach
What is the scientific term for rabbits?
Lagomorph
Recumbency or being recumbent means to be:
A. Sitting up/seated
B. Standing up/on the move
C. Laying Down/resting
C. Laying down/resting
What does the prefix oligo mean?
Scant or little
Pertaining to the kidney
Nephr/o or Hepat/o
These animals include the following:
Males are called cockerels and roosters and females are called pullets and hens.
What is the scientific term for this animal?
Galline (Chicken)
A tumor is described as being superficial and lateral on the limb — where is its location relative to the limb and the body surface.
The tumor is located on the outer side of the limb and lies near the skin surface (superficial lateral).
The suffix -algia means...
hint: its the same meaning as dynia
Ovariohysterectomy
Orichiectomy
Ovari/o/hyster/ectomy - Spay surgery or removal of the ovaries and uterus
Orich/i/ectomy - Neuter surgery or removal of the testes