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What employees are required to use to be paid appropriately and to determine that hours are being properly recorded |
A time card |
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When is it acceptable to use stairways as storage areas? |
never |
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In most cases, when a chemical is transferred from the original bottle to another bottle for use within a hospital, the second bottle must be labeled with.. |
The name of the chemical and the appropriate warnings |
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What is the student chapter of NAVTA |
SCNAVTA |
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The primary federal law enforcement agency responsible for combatting the use of controlled drugs? |
DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) |
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What does MSDS stand for? |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
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Technicians can research labor statistics on... |
BLS.GOV |
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What machines must you always check for leaks in the hoses, attachments, or valves? |
Anesthetic Machines |
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NAVTA's surveys show that members...versus non members |
receive both higher wages and benefits versus non members |
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What organization conducts a technician survey in America every four years? |
NAVTA (National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America)a |
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Laws affecting veterinary practice are.. |
1.Laws that ensure the quality of veterinary service to patients 2. Laws that provide a nonhostile and safe environment for employees, clients, and the public. |
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Client-centered veterinary hospitals allow for... |
increased employee satisfaction |
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Veterinary technology is the science of providing professional support to.... |
veterinarians |
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When faced with a robbery you should... |
give them what they demand but do not go with them |
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A Veterinarian is a person who has graduated from... |
a four year AVMA accredited university |
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What groups require research institutions to conform to the regulations found in the Policy on Humane Care and Use of Lab Animals? |
USDA and NIH |
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What site can a veterinarian do research if they're concernced with OT and wages? |
Department of Labor |
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Laws derived by legislation are |
maximum limits which we can deviate from the acceptable norm |
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These can cause a condition known as cutaneous larva migrans |
Hookworms |
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Since NAVTA's survey in 1995, the largest jump in salary was in... |
food animal practices |
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What must always be secure in an upright position by means of chain or strap, whether large or small? |
O2 Tanks
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What was created in 1866 |
ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) |
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What has the material safety data sheets, filing system listing chemicals, and how to use them? |
MSDS |
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What organization oversees Veterinary Technician specialties? |
AVMA |
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what is used to restrict primary beams and scatters radiation? |
Collimator |
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Similar to hazards found in the kitchen |
Bio Level 1 |
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If your employer has been unjust in the hiring process, you can use the EEO equal employment opportunity laws from this organization as a basis to sue |
Department of Labor |
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What is a relief veterinary technician? |
a fill in during a veterinary technician's maternity leave |
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What can a veterinary technician NOT do? |
diagnose, prescribe, or perform |
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system of moral principles that determine appropriate behavior and actions within a specific group |
ethics |
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The three R's that guide biomedical research |
Refine, reduce, and replace |
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offered by veterinary associations to professionals who are struggling with substance abuse addiction |
Peer Assistance |
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In what year did congress pass the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act to regulate the manufacturing, distribution, dispensing, and delivery of drugs having the potential for abuse? |
1970 |
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What is the plural form of Vertebra? |
Vertebrae |
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What year was the first class of animal health technicians formed? |
1972 |
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What are made up of groups of organs that work together for common purposes? |
tissues |
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What are the mouth, intestines, and urinary bladder lined with? |
epithilial tissue |
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imaginary line through an animal's body |
anatomic plane |
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what houses and protects the brain? |
the cranium |
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what is skeletal muscle characterized as? |
voluntary striated muscle |
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What is equivalent to the human wrist? |
the carpus |
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Suffix "plasty" def. |
to shape or reshape (plastic, reconstructive surgery) |
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bones of the digits? |
phalanges |
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how many basic tissues is the animal body made up of? |
4 |
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what tissue is composed of a variety of nonliving intercellular substances? |
connective |
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plural of testis |
testes |
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Anatomy is the study of |
structure |
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what connects muscle to bone? |
tendons |
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what cavity consists of the cranial and spinal cavities |
dorsal body cavity |
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pertaining to the underside of a quadruped, or denoting a position more toward the abdomen |
ventral |
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what divides the ventral body cavity into the cranial thoracic cavity and the caudal abdominal cavity? |
diaphragm |
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surgical incision into the abdomen |
Laparotomy |
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largest sesamoid bone in the body |
patella (knee cap) |
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spread to humans through feces or contaminated food, usually causes mild to severe infection of the gastrointestinal system, including watery or bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting |
campylobacter infection |
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also known as cat scratch fever, a bacterial disease caused from flea dirt that can be transferred by a cat scratch or bite |
bartonella |
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can get infected from contaminated food and water, animals can also carry this parasite int their feces |
cryptosporidium infection |
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can get infected from contaminated food as well as the manure of yound calves and other cattle |
Escherichia coli |
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a common, microscopic (intestinal) parasite that affects humans, dogs, and cats that can be in feces from infected humans or animals or soil contaminated with the feces. Wear gloves when gardening and disinfect for prevention. |
Giardia |
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when a person accidentally eats the eggs and the larvae hatch out, they can reach the intestine and cause bleeding, inflammation, and abdominal pain. infection most common in humans from direct skin penetration of infective larvae, do not walk barefoot. |
hookworms |
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bacterial disease spread through the urine or something in contact with the urine (soil, water, food) that without treatment, can lead to kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, respiratory distress and even death. can enter the body through broken skin or mucous membranes or drinking |
leptospirosis |
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a rickettsia infection that can be in barnyard dust that contains manure, urine, or dried fluids from the births of calves or lambs |
Q fever |
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a disease with early signs of fever and headache but quicly begins to effect the nervous system. Avoid wild animals |
Rabies Virus |
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a parasite disease associated with raccoons. it migrates to the central nervous system, commonly resulting in severe neurological disease in affected individuals. |
Raccoon roundworm |
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Dermatophytosis, a skin and scalp disease caused by several different kinds of fungi. keep your skin and feet clean and dry and avoid animals with bald spots |
ringworm |
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visceral larva migrans is a symptom and can cause blindness. most commonly infecting children who ingest the larvae eggs in a contaminated environment |
roundworm |
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a bacterial disease most commonly transmitted through contaminated food |
salmonella |
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flu like symptoms, woman who are pregnant should never clean out kitty litter to prevent this disease |
toxoplasmosis |
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lyme disease and rocky mountain spotted fever |
tick-borne disease |
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provided by VTs to educate clients on the potential threat of zoonotic diseases |
Client Education |
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yellow body with a white mane and tail |
Palimino |
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dark, reddish brown body with black mane, tail, and legs |
Bay |
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light brown body with a black tail, mane, and legs |
Buckskin |
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red with red mane and tail |
Sorrel |
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Black, grey, and white |
blue merle |
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red and white |
red merle |
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grey with dark stripes |
grey tabby |
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maximum count of 399, universal system to determine herd and litter number in case of disease outbreak or identification |
ear notching |
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male cow, uncastrated |
bull |
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male bull, castrated |
steer |
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male horse, castrated |
gelding |
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male horse, uncast. |
stallion |
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male pig, uncast. |
boar |
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adult male sheep |
ram |
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male cat |
tom |
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male pig castr. |
barrow |
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female cow before she has a baby |
heifer |
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female horse over 3 |
mare |
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female sheep |
ewe |
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female deer |
doe |
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female cat that hasnt been spayed |
queen |
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female parent, domesticated |
dam |
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female pig |
sow |
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female dog |
bitch |
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the form and structure of the body and it's parts-what they look like and where they're located |
anatomy |
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functions of the body and it's parts-how things work and what they do |
physiology |
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left and right halves of the body are equal mirror images |
bilateral symmetry |
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contains the brain and spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system |
dorsal body cavity |
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contains most of the brain and spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system |
ventral body cavity |
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contains the lungs and the heart |
thorax, thoracic cavity |
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a membrane that covers all the organs of the thoracic cavity |
pleura |
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inflammation of the pleural membrane of the thorax |
pleurisy |
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contains digestive, urinary and reproductive organs. |
abdominal cavity, abdomen |
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a membrane that covers the organs of the abdomen |
peritoneum |
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inflammation of the peritoneum, usually severe |
peritonitis |
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basic functional units of life |
cells |
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cells that absorb nutrients |
intestinal lining cells |
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cells that carry oxygen |
red blood cells |
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cells that organize and control the body functions |
nerve cells |
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when specialized cells group together they form |
tissues |
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four basic tissues |
epithilial, connective, muscle, nervous |
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cardiac muscle |
involuntary, strided |
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smooth muscle |
voluntary and involuntary |
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nervous tissue |
involuntary |
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Pancytopenia |
A deficiency (penia) of all (pan) cells (cyto) |
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state of working together, cooperation |
synergism |
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al |
pertaining to |
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ol |
little, small |
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a or an |
without, no |
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what has visceral, smooth muscle |
the bladder |
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who is the responsible superior |
employer |
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how to properly pick up a rabbit |
by placing a hand on the scruff and supporting the rear end |
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mammory glands example of a what exocrine |
simple |
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skeletal muscle is what |
voluntary, striated |
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tendons and ligaments are types of what tissue |
connective |
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toward the cheek |
buccal |
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endocrine system |
glands and tissues that create growth hormones |
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intestinal lining consist of what type of epithilium |
columnar |
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the human-animal bond |
a mutually beneficial and dynamic relationship between people and animals that is influenced by behaviors that are essential to the health and well-being of both |
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dorsal body cavity consists of |
brain and spinal cord |
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bones in proximal to distal order from the thoracic limb |
scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, carpus, splint bone, metacarpus, proximal, middle, and distal phalanx |
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cardiac muscle is |
involuntary, strided |
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growth plate located where |
metaphysis |
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dyspnea |
shortness of breath |
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first cervical vertabrae |
the atlas that forms a joint with the skull |
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deep and superficial relate to what plane |
median |
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transitional epithilial are special because |
they're capable of considerable stretching |
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composed of a variety of intercellular subs. |
connective tissue |
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microsporum canis |
ringworm |
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visceral smooth muscle lines the |
urinary bladder |
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cholecyst |
the gallbladder |
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correct term for pus in the urethra |
pyometra |
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what type of bone is the carpal bone |
small |
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fat cartilage and bone are |
connective |
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oversees vt specialties |
NAVTA |
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NCVEI |
study in 1999 formed this |
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first cervical vertebrae |
atlas |
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thoracic limb |
proximal, distal |