Ch 10 devices & equipment
The puncture-proof box that used needles go in for disposal
What is a sharps container?
Where the saphenous vein is located
What is the lateral side of the lower rear legs?
The reason why nude mice are widely used in immunodeficient studies
What is lacking a thymus and therefore T cells?
Tweezer like instruments that have 2 jaws and spring handles
What are thumb forceps?
The process by which something is rendered unclean or nonsterile
What is contamination?
The equipment that includes a jacket and swivel system to allow repeat vascular access
The additional equipment needed to gavage large animals besides exchanging the gavage needle for a stomach tube
What is a bite bar?
The 3 safety precautions personnel should consider when working with radioactivity
What is shielding, distance and time?
The method for sterilizing equipment sensitive to high heat and liquid/humidity
What is gas sterilization?
The term for an animal pacing or unable to get comfortable as a sign of post-operative pain
What is restlessness?
The equipment used for blood collection that includes a needle and cannula
What is a catheter?
An alternative route to tail vein for IV injections in mice
What is Retroorbital injections?
the 3 different types in terms of function of toxicology tests
What is mutagenesis- mutations in the DNA
developmental- damage growing fetus
carcinogenesis- cause cancer
The 2 needles types that have a triangular shape
What is conventional cutting and reverse cutting?
The preoperative planning step that needs to take place the day before surgery for dogs, cats, swine, ruminants, and primates
What is fasting/NPO?
The typical locking solution for a vascular access port
What is heparin?
The terms for collecting ova and sperm from aquatics
What is stripping or milking?
The type of reproductive study that takes place during the interval between the ova implantation and the closure of fetus' palate
What is segment II?
The tool used to expose the surgical site by expanding the margins
What is a retractor?
How long surgical scrubbing should take if done correctly
What is 5-7 minutes?
An implant that allows long-term continuous infusion of a solution through the semipermeable membrane
What is an osmotic pump?
The rate of absorption from fastest to slowest
What is IV, IP, IM, SQ, ID?
A plasma cell fused with cancer cell to survive longer
What is a hyridoma?
What is apply lubricant to moving parts?
The safest and most effective way to administer gaseous anesthesia
What is a precision vaporizer?