Deck 24: Additional Test Questions

Question 1

A young llama is called a:

A) calf
B) cria
C) clutch
D) colt

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Skin redness is termed:

A) allergen
B) erythema
C) cellulitis
D) parasitism

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Combining forms for the skin are:

A) cutane/o
B) derm/o
C) dermat/o
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A male rabbit is called a:

A) kit
B) kindling
C) ridge
D) buck

Question 5

A neutered male sheep or goat is a:

A) bull
B) ovine
C) wether
D) caprine

Question 6

A male pig castrated while young is called a:

A) barrow
B) farrow
C) gilt
D) shoat

Question 7

An intact male cat is called a:

A) cat
B) hob
C) tom
D) poult

Question 8

Alopecia is:

A) normal hair loss
B) pathologic change of a tissue
C) hair loss resulting in hairless patches
D) erosion of the skin

Question 9

The term used to describe falling off (as in skin cells) is:

A) scrape
B) abrasion
C) biopsy
D) exfoliative

Question 10

Cow is to mare as steer is to:

A) stallion
B) ridgling
C) colt
D) gelding

Question 11

The suffix -crine means:

A) hormone
B) secrete
C) within
D) into ducts

Question 12

A benign tumor of fat is a(n):

A) adipocyte
B) subcuneous
C) lipoma
D) papilloma

Question 13

A skin infection containing pus is:

A) pyometra
B) pyoderma
C) pyocutus
D) pyomycosis

Question 14

Giving birth to swine is called:

A) barrowing
B) queening
C) farrowing
D) tupping

Question 15

The act of giving birth in canines is:

A) whelping
B) pupping
C) packing
D) gestation

Question 16

Long, tactile hairs that are extremely sensitive are called:

A) vibrissae
B) vibrissa
C) cilia
D) ciliae

Question 17

The medical term for itching is:

A) pruritis
B) prurititis
C) pruritius
D) pruritus

Question 18

Male and female ferrets are called:

A) jacks and jills
B) kits and jills
C) hobs and jills
D) jacks and kits

Question 19

Freshening is a term that means:

A) cleaning an animal to make it smell fresh
B) giving birth to a dairy animal
C) the act of mating in cattle
D) removing the horns of a bovine to enhance mating

Question 20

A skin condition characterized by overproduction of oil is:

A) atopy
B) comedo
C) cyst
D) seborrhea

Question 21

A defect in which one or both testis fails to descend into the scrotum is:

A) azoospermia
B) pseudocyesis
C) orchitis
D) cryptorchidism

Question 22

A difficult birth is called a:

A) dystocia
B) dysuria
C) dysparturition
D) dysfetia

Question 23

The gland(s) located toward or above the kidney is/are the:

A) parathyroid
B) thyroid
C) adrenal
D) androgen

Question 24

The term for sexually altering is:

A) castration
B) spay
C) neuter
D) intact

Question 25

Surgical removal of a well-defined portion of an organ is a:

A) sacculectomy
B) lumpectomy
C) lobectomy
D) cystectomy

Question 26

The gland(s) located near the thyroid is/are the:

A) parathyroid
B) thyroid
C) adrenal
D) androgen

Question 27

Surgical incision of the perineum and vagina to facilitate delivery of the fetus is called:

A) vulvectomy
B) episiotomy
C) vaginectomy
D) vaginotomy

Question 28

The master gland that acts in response to stimuli from the hypothalamus is the:

A) thyroid
B) pituitary
C) pineal
D) parathyroid

Question 29

Surgical removal of the testes is called:

A) orchidectomy
B) onychectomy
C) castration
D) A and C

Question 30

Surgical removal of the mammary gland or breast is termed:

A) gynectomy
B) mastectomy
C) fetotomy
D) amnion

Question 31

The combining forms for the layers of connective tissue enclosing the CNS are:

A) meninx
B) mening/o and meningi/o
C) dur/a and pi/a
D) epidur/a and arachn/o

Question 32

Surgical removal of the ovaries is referred to as:

A) ovariohysterectomy
B) OHE or OVH
C) spay
D) all of the above

Question 33

Building up is called:

A) catabolism
B) anabolism
C) epinephrine
D) aldosterone

Question 34

Inflammation of the uterus is:

A) pyometritis
B) uveitis
C) metritis
D) hyterioitis

Question 35

The condition of excessive secretion of glucocorticoid is called:

A) Addison's disease
B) hypoadrenocorticism
C) hyperadrenocorticism
D) pheochromocytoma

Question 36

Excessive mammary development in males is called:

A) feminum
B) gynecomastia
C) gyneconium
D) feminomastia

Question 37

Surgical removal of the thyroid gland is called:

A) thyroidotomy
B) thymectomy
C) thyroidectomy
D) thymotomy

Question 38

The term for false pregnancy is:

A) pseudocytosis
B) pseudopregnancy
C) pseudoutero
D) pseudohysteria

Question 39

Endocrinopathy is:

A) excessive gland secretion of hormone
B) deficient gland secretion of hormone
C) inflammation of any hormone-producing gland
D) disease of any hormone-producing gland

Question 40

The area between the vaginal orifice/scrotum and the anus is called the:

A) clitoris
B) vulva
C) inguinal area
D) perineum

Question 41

Unequal pupil size is:

A) cataract
B) glaucoma
C) anisocoria
D) blindness

Question 42

The abbreviation for both eyes is:

A) OS
B) OD
C) OU
D) Oh no

Question 43

The combining forms for the ear are:

A) audit/o, aud/i, and ot/o
B) aud/i and ot/o
C) acoust/o and acous/o
D) A and C

Question 44

The condition of normal tear secretion in animals is termed:

A) crying
B) lacrimation
C) nictitating
D) tarsal

Question 45

The medical term for incoordination or stumbling is:

A) seizure
B) ataxia
C) plegia
D) neuritis

Question 46

Myelopathy is:

A) disease of the spinal cord
B) recurrent seizures of non-systemic origin
C) disease of the bone marrow
D) A and C

Question 47

The combining form for corner of the eye is:

A) corn/o
B) kerat/o
C) conjunctiv/o
D) canth/o

Question 48

The external portion of the ear that catches sound waves is the:

A) auricle
B) pinna
C) cerumen
D) A and B

Question 49

Removal of the eyeball is termed:

A) orbectomy
B) blepharectomy
C) enucleation
D) biopsy

Question 50

The state of balance is:

A) equilibrium
B) ablation
C) eustachia
D) hemostasis

Question 51

Within the eyeball is called:

A) ocular
B) periocular
C) extraocular
D) intraocular

Question 52

Inflammation of the brain is:

A) meningitis
B) cranitis
C) encephalitis
D) neuralgia

Question 53

When the eyes are not directed in a parallel manner, the animal is said to have:

A) nystagmus
B) strabismus
C) CNS malignancy
D) exotropia

Question 54

Rolling in of the eyelids, which is seen in some large breed dogs, is termed:

A) inblepharo
B) enblepharitis
C) endothelial
D) entropion

Question 55

Inflammation of the outer ear is called:

A) otitis
B) otitis externa
C) otitis media
D) otitis interna

Question 56

PLR is the abbreviation for:

A) peripheral lumination reflex
B) pupillary light reflex
C) persistent light response
D) permanent lesion response

Question 57

Absence of sensation is referred to as:

A) dysesthesia
B) neurothesia
C) proprioceptesia
D) anesthesia

Question 58

The opposite side (used when describing lesions of the nervous system) is termed:

A) ipsilateral
B) lateral
C) contralateral
D) oppolateral

Question 59

Inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva is termed:

A) keratitis
B) uveitis
C) conjunctivitis
D) keratoconjunctivitis

Question 60

The instrument used to examine the ear is the:

A) ophthalmoscope
B) auricloscope
C) pinnoscope
D) otoscope

Question 61

Connections between two bones are called __________ or __________.

Question 62

Inflammation of the vertebrae is called ____________________.

Question 63

__________ or __________ are terms used for displacement of a bone from its joint.

Question 64

Visual examination of the internal structure of a joint using a fiberoptic instrument is ____________________.

Question 65

The medical term for looseness is ____________________.

Question 68

The ____________________ is the tough, fibrous tissue that forms the outermost covering of bone.

Question 69

Death of bone tissue is ____________________.

Question 70

Surgical removal of the claw is ____________________.

Question 71

____________________ is abnormal softening of cartilage.

Question 72

A(n) ____________________ is removal of all or part of a limb or body part.