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Anatomy & Phsyiology Lecture Test #3
Test 3
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
04/27/2010

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Term
While under anesthesia, this tube is placed into an animal's windpipe.
Definition
Endotracheal Tube
Term
Also called external nares.
Definition
Nostrils
Term
This cavity is separated from the mouth by the hard and soft palates
Definition
Nasal Cavity
Term
Each nasal passage is divided by two _______ bones into three channels or __________
Definition
turbinate, nasal meatus
Term
__________________ and _____________ are two of the five sinuses found in farm animals.
Definition
Maxillary, frontal, spenoidal, palatine, lacrimal
Term
Common passageway for food and air
Definition
Pharynx
Term
Another name for eustachian rubes
Definition
auditory
Term
Another name for the voice box
Definition
larynx
Term
The Thryoid cartilage in humans makes up the
Definition
Adams Apple
Term
Disorder caused by a paralysis of the muscles that abduct the arytenoid cartilages in horses.
Definition
Roaring
Term
The cartilage that controls the pitch of the voice
Definition
Arytenoid (vocal chords)
Term
Also called the windpipe or air tube.
Definition
Trachea
Term
The windpipe divides into two chief ________, for for each lung.
Definition
Bronchi
Term
The smallest subdivisions of the air passages in the lungs
Definition
alveoli
Term
In most farm animals, there are ____ lobes to the lung
Definition
7
Term
The left lung has ____ lobes in cows, sheep and pigs
Definition
3
Term
A condition where air gained entrance into the pleural cavity
Definition
Pnuemothorax
Term
A lipoprotein complex produced by alveolar epithelial cells to reduce surface tension of the fluid lining the small air sacs of the lungs.
Definition
Pulmonary Surfactant
Term
The junction of the two pleura sacs near the midline of the thorax forming a double layer
Definition
Mediastinal pleura
Term
______ and _______ are two exmaples of two anatomical structures located between the two layers of pleura near the midline of the thorax.
Definition
heart and trachea
Term
Pleura that lines the thorax
Definition
Parietal
Term
Pleura that covers the lungs
Definition
Visceral
Term
Pleura that covers the heart
Definition
Pericardial
Term
Dome-shaped musculomembranous partition of the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavities.
Definition
Diaphragm
Term
Where oxygen from the blood is diffused to the tissues for the cellular oxidation and the resulting carbon dioxide diffuses into the blood.
Definition
internal respiration
Term
Small hair-like structures which protect the lungs from damage by moving small particles back up the windpipe
Definition
Cilia
Term
Measures the number of breaths/minute
Definition
respiratory rate
Term
In general, females breathe________ (faster/slower) than males of the same species
Definition
Faster
Term
The air that remains in the airways after maximal forced expiration, and so cannot be removed.
Definition
Residual volume
Term
The sum of the vital capacity plus the residual volume.
Definition
Total lung capacity
Term
Volume of air moving in and out during normal quiet breathing.
Definition
Tidal
Term
The maximal volume that can be inspired after a maximal expiration
Definition
Vital capacity
Term
Regulation of breathing control center lies somewhere in the
Definition
medulla oblongata
Term
Average BPM for Humans
Definition
12-30
Term
Average BPM for dogs
Definition
20-30
Term
Average BPM for cats
Definition
25-44
Term
Average BPM for Horses
Definition
8-16
Term
Average BPM for cows
Definition
12-28
Term
Explain how a rise in blood P CO2 stimulates breathing.
Definition
Chemoreceptors pick up the acidity, rise in CO2 rise in acidity results in breathing.
Term
The serous sac that partially surrounds the heart
Definition
Visceral paricardia, pericardia sac
Term
The outer serous covering of the heart
Definition
epicardium
Term
Thick muscular layer of the heart
Definition
myocardium
Term
Receives unoxygenated blood (part of heart)
Definition
right atrium
Term
Also called the mitral valve.
Definition
Bicuspid valve, left atrioventricular
Term
Also called the right A-V valve.
Definition
tricuspid valve
Term
Located at the junction of pulmonary artery and right ventricle
Definition
Pulmonary semilunar valve
Term
Large blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart from the lower extremities and abdominal region
Definition
Inferior vena cava
Term
Smallest blood vessels allowing only a single blood cell to pass at a time
Definition
Capillaries
Term
Valve presents backflow of blood into right ventricle.
Definition
Pulmonary semilunar
Term
Largest artery in the body
Definition
Aorta
Term
Largest artery in the body
Definition
Aorta
Term
Superficial veins along the neck of all animals
Definition
Jugular veins
Term
Blood drained from the stomach, spleen, pancreas and intestines is filtered through this area before it enters the general circulation.
Definition
Hepatic portal circulation
Term
Connects the right and left atria in the fetus
Definition
foramen ovale
Term
Connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus
Definition
Ductus areriosus
Term
Term meaning to ingest (as in bacteria)
Definition
Phagocytize
Term
System that eats up fragile, worn-out red blood cells that break up in passing through the spleen.
Definition
Macrophage system
Term
Ig stands for __________
Definition
Immunoglobulin
Term
Phase of cardiac cycle where the heart is relaxed just prior to and during the filling of the chamber
Definition
Diastole
Term
Refers to the contraction of a chamber of the heart (phase).
Definition
systole
Term
Narrowing of vessel caused by a thickening or presence of scar tissue
Definition
Stenosis
Term
Inflammation of the lining of the heart
Definition
Endocarditis
Term
Heartbeat originates in the __________ of the heart.
Definition
SA nodes (pacemaker)
Term
Modified cardiac muscle fibers which carry the contraction impulses in the ventricles.
Definition
Purkinje network
Term
Shock caused by histamine release in reaction to allergic response.
Definition
Anaphylactic Shock
Term
Another name for red blood cells
Definition
Erythrocytes
Term
Another name for white blood cells
Definition
leukocytes
Term
Immature red blood cells with nuclei.
Definition
erythroblasts
Term
_____________ Jaundice is caused by an excess amount of this accumulating in the vascular system.
Definition
Biliverdin
Term
Found in the red blood cell and responsible for its ability to transport oxygen
Definition
Hemoglobin
Term
Also called prussic acid poisoning
Definition
Cyanide poisoning
Term
Cattle grazing highly fertilized rank plant growth can develop
Definition
Nitrate poisoning
Term
Breakdown of red blood cells
Definition
Hemolysis
Term
Also called red water
Definition
Hemoglobinuria
Term
Disorder meaning without blood
Definition
Anemia
Term
Also called hematocrit value
Definition
Packed cell volume
Term
Instrument used to measure actual red blood cell count.
Definition
Hemocytometer
Term
Also called blood platelets
Definition
Thrombocytes
Term
Measure the percentage (by volume) of whole blood that is constituted by red blood cells.
Definition
Pack cell volume
Term
A type of white blood cell used in the first line of defense against infection by engulfing the bacteria or necrotic tissue
Definition
Neutrophils
Term
Type of white blood cell that increases in numbers with infection of parasites.
Definition
Agranulocytes
Term
Largest of the white blood cells
Definition
monocytes
Term
White blood cell that responds to antigens by forming antibodies that circulate in the blood.
Definition
Lymphocytes
Term
Is made by spreading a drop of whole blood thinly on a glass slide to form a blood smear.
Definition
WBC count or differential leukocyte count
Term
Abnormally low number of white blood cells characteristic of a viral infection
Definition
leukopenia
Term
Progressive proliferation of abnormal white blood cells found in blood producing tissues and the blood itself.
Definition
Leukemia
Term
The most abundant protein in plasma
Definition
Albumia
Term
Is a beta-1-globulin essential in the clotting mechanism.
Definition
Fibrinogen
Term
A plasma protein synthesized when cells are stimulated by antigens thus providing antibodies to neutralize them or help break them down.
Definition
Gamma globulin (anticoagulant)
Term
Supernatant yellow fluid expressed when blood clots in a test tube.
Definition
Serum
Term
When too much CO2 is removed from the blood this condition results.
Definition
Alkalosis
Term
When too much CO2 is in the blood this condition results
Definition
Acidosis
Term
When too much CO2 is in the blood this condition results
Definition
Acidosis
Term
The umbilical veins contain blood _________ (high/low) in oxygen.
Definition
high
Term
These structures are scattered along the course of lymphatic vessels which serve as filters and act as one of the first body defenses against infection.
Definition
Lymph nodes
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