Vital Signs
This term means labored breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This act states the minimum standards of care and treatment for animals.
Animal Welfare Act
After an injury this happens to platelets.
What is increase?
An IV catheter is placed in this vein before surgery.
What is the Cephalic Vein?
This is done to check for dehydration.
What is a skin tent?
This is true about a smaller dog's resting pulse compared to a large dog.
When it is higher than a large dog?
Surgical procedures were often first done on this animal.
What is a dog?
This is another name for leukocytes.
What is white blood cells?
This instrument is used to complete the sterilization process by steaming a surgery pack at 250 F.
What is an autoclave?
This is the normal capillary refill time on a healthy animal.
What is 2 sec or less?
The term for expulsion of air from the lungs.
What is expiration?
This philosopher was the first to divide organisms into two groups- animals and plants.
Who is Aristotle?
This is the part of the body that produces platelets.
What is the bone marrow?
This term is used to define low temperature that may occur after surgery.
What is hypothermic?
This is the location of the submandibular lymph nodes.
What is beneath the jaw?
The average heart rate of a cat.
What is between 120 to 140?
This scientist was the one to experiment the "conditioned" responses in dogs, like salivation.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Normal PCV (packed cell volume) percentage for dogs.
What is 40 to 59 %?
This action has to be completed before the endotracheal tube is removed after surgery?
What is when the patient can swallow?
This is where the popliteal lymph nodes are located.
What is behind the hind legs?
The average temperature for both cats and dogs.
What is 99 to 102 degrees F?
This scientist was the first to discover and use transgenic mice in research.
Who is Rudolf Jaenisch?
The average days a red blood cell will live.
What is 100 days?
This is the position a female is placed during spay surgery. (Technical of laying on back)
What is dorsal recumbency?
The average respiration rate in breaths per minute for cattle.
What is 10 to 30 breaths per minute?