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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

When is it acceptable to use stairways as storage areas?

never

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

What is the student chapter of NAVTA

SCNAVTA

The primary federal law enforcement agency responsible for combatting the use of controlled drugs?

DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency)

What does MSDS stand for?

Material Safety Data Sheet

Technicians can research labor statistics on...

BLS.GOV

What machines must you always check for leaks in the hoses, attachments, or valves?

Anesthetic Machines

NAVTA's surveys show that members...versus non members

receive both higher wages and benefits versus non members

What organization conducts a technician survey in America every four years?

NAVTA (National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America)a

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.

Client-centered veterinary hospitals allow for...

increased employee satisfaction

Veterinary technology is the science of providing professional support to....

veterinarians

When faced with a robbery you should...

give them what they demand but do not go with them

A Veterinarian is a person who has graduated from...

a four year AVMA accredited university

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

What site can a veterinarian do research if they're concernced with OT and wages?

Department of Labor

Laws derived by legislation are

maximum limits which we can deviate from the acceptable norm

These can cause a condition known as cutaneous larva migrans

Hookworms

Since NAVTA's survey in 1995, the largest jump in salary was in...

food animal practices

What must always be secure in an upright position by means of chain or strap, whether large or small?

O2 Tanks


What was created in 1866

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

What has the material safety data sheets, filing system listing chemicals, and how to use them?

MSDS

What organization oversees Veterinary Technician specialties?

AVMA

what is used to restrict primary beams and scatters radiation?

Collimator

Similar to hazards found in the kitchen

Bio Level 1

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

What is a relief veterinary technician?

a fill in during a veterinary technician's maternity leave

What can a veterinary technician NOT do?

diagnose, prescribe, or perform

system of moral principles that determine appropriate behavior and actions within a specific group

ethics

The three R's that guide biomedical research

Refine, reduce, and replace

offered by veterinary associations to professionals who are struggling with substance abuse addiction

Peer Assistance

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

What is the plural form of Vertebra?

Vertebrae

What year was the first class of animal health technicians formed?

1972

What are made up of groups of organs that work together for common purposes?

tissues

What are the mouth, intestines, and urinary bladder lined with?

epithilial tissue

imaginary line through an animal's body

anatomic plane

what houses and protects the brain?

the cranium

what is skeletal muscle characterized as?

voluntary striated muscle

What is equivalent to the human wrist?

the carpus

Suffix "plasty" def.

to shape or reshape (plastic, reconstructive surgery)

bones of the digits?

phalanges

how many basic tissues is the animal body made up of?

4

what tissue is composed of a variety of nonliving intercellular substances?

connective

plural of testis

testes

Anatomy is the study of

structure

what connects muscle to bone?

tendons

what cavity consists of the cranial and spinal cavities

dorsal body cavity

pertaining to the underside of a quadruped, or denoting a position more toward the abdomen

ventral

what divides the ventral body cavity into the cranial thoracic cavity and the caudal abdominal cavity?

diaphragm

surgical incision into the abdomen

Laparotomy

largest sesamoid bone in the body

patella (knee cap)

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

also known as cat scratch fever, a bacterial disease caused from flea dirt that can be transferred by a cat scratch or bite

bartonella

can get infected from contaminated food and water, animals can also carry this parasite int their feces

cryptosporidium infection

can get infected from contaminated food as well as the manure of yound calves and other cattle

Escherichia coli

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

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

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

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

a disease with early signs of fever and headache but quicly begins to effect the nervous system. Avoid wild animals

Rabies Virus

a parasite disease associated with raccoons. it migrates to the central nervous system, commonly resulting in severe neurological disease in affected individuals.

Raccoon roundworm

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

visceral larva migrans is a symptom and can cause blindness. most commonly infecting children who ingest the larvae eggs in a contaminated environment

roundworm

a bacterial disease most commonly transmitted through contaminated food

salmonella

flu like symptoms, woman who are pregnant should never clean out kitty litter to prevent this disease

toxoplasmosis

lyme disease and rocky mountain spotted fever

tick-borne disease

provided by VTs to educate clients on the potential threat of zoonotic diseases

Client Education

yellow body with a white mane and tail

Palimino

dark, reddish brown body with black mane, tail, and legs

Bay

light brown body with a black tail, mane, and legs

Buckskin

red with red mane and tail

Sorrel

Black, grey, and white

blue merle

red and white

red merle

grey with dark stripes

grey tabby

maximum count of 399, universal system to determine herd and litter number in case of disease outbreak or identification

ear notching

male cow, uncastrated

bull

male bull, castrated

steer

male horse, castrated

gelding

male horse, uncast.

stallion

male pig, uncast.

boar

adult male sheep

ram

male cat

tom

male pig castr.

barrow

female cow before she has a baby

heifer

female horse over 3

mare

female sheep

ewe

female deer

doe

female cat that hasnt been spayed

queen

female parent, domesticated

dam

female pig

sow

female dog

bitch

the form and structure of the body and it's parts-what they look like and where they're located

anatomy

functions of the body and it's parts-how things work and what they do

physiology

left and right halves of the body are equal mirror images

bilateral symmetry

contains the brain and spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system

dorsal body cavity

contains most of the brain and spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system

ventral body cavity

contains the lungs and the heart

thorax, thoracic cavity

a membrane that covers all the organs of the thoracic cavity

pleura

inflammation of the pleural membrane of the thorax

pleurisy

contains digestive, urinary and reproductive organs.

abdominal cavity, abdomen

a membrane that covers the organs of the abdomen

peritoneum

inflammation of the peritoneum, usually severe

peritonitis

basic functional units of life

cells

cells that absorb nutrients

intestinal lining cells

cells that carry oxygen

red blood cells

cells that organize and control the body functions

nerve cells

when specialized cells group together they form

tissues

four basic tissues

epithilial, connective, muscle, nervous

cardiac muscle

involuntary, strided

smooth muscle

voluntary and involuntary

nervous tissue

involuntary

Pancytopenia

A deficiency (penia) of all (pan) cells (cyto)

state of working together, cooperation

synergism

al

pertaining to

ol

little, small

a or an

without, no

what has visceral, smooth muscle

the bladder

who is the responsible superior

employer

how to properly pick up a rabbit

by placing a hand on the scruff and supporting the rear end

mammory glands example of a what exocrine

simple

skeletal muscle is what

voluntary, striated

tendons and ligaments are types of what tissue

connective

toward the cheek

buccal

endocrine system

glands and tissues that create growth hormones

intestinal lining consist of what type of epithilium

columnar

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

dorsal body cavity consists of

brain and spinal cord

bones in proximal to distal order from the thoracic limb

scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, carpus, splint bone, metacarpus, proximal, middle, and distal phalanx

cardiac muscle is

involuntary, strided

growth plate located where

metaphysis

dyspnea

shortness of breath

first cervical vertabrae

the atlas that forms a joint with the skull

deep and superficial relate to what plane

median

transitional epithilial are special because

they're capable of considerable stretching

composed of a variety of intercellular subs.

connective tissue

microsporum canis

ringworm

visceral smooth muscle lines the

urinary bladder

cholecyst

the gallbladder

correct term for pus in the urethra

pyometra

what type of bone is the carpal bone

small

fat cartilage and bone are

connective

oversees vt specialties

NAVTA

NCVEI

study in 1999 formed this

first cervical vertebrae

atlas

thoracic limb

proximal, distal