Vet Tech

Front 1

Front (Term)

Back 1

Pericardium

Front 2

Scope

Back 2

Instrument to visually examine

Front 3

Hyper-

Back 3

Above normal / increased

Front 4

Hypo-

Back 4

Below normal / decreased

Front 5

-tomy

Back 5

Incision

Front 6

-osis

Back 6

Abnormal condition

Front 7

al, ar, ary, ic

Back 7

Pertaining to

Front 8

-lysis

Back 8

Break down

Front 9

Sub-

Back 9

Below

Front 10

a, an

Back 10

Without

Front 11

Medial

Back 11

Toward the midline

Front 12

Proximal

Back 12

Nearest the midline, the beginning of a structure

Front 13

Distal

Back 13

Farthest from the midline, farthest from the beginning of a structure

Front 14

Lateral

Back 14

Toward the sides, away from the midline

Front 15

Dorsal

Back 15

Toward the back

Front 16

Caudal

Back 16

Toward the tail

Front 17

Cranial

Back 17

Toward the head

Front 18

Ventral

Back 18

Belly

Front 19

Cavity

Back 19

A hole or hollow space in the body that contains and protects internal organs

Front 20

Oligo-

Back 20

Scant or little

Front 21

Poly-

Back 21

Many or excessive

Front 22

Pre-

Back 22

Before

Front 23

Post-

Back 23

After

Front 24

Sub-

Back 24

Below, under, or less

Front 25

Super-

Supra-

Back 25

Above, beyond, or excessive

Front 26

Dys-

Back 26

Difficult, painful, or bad

Front 27

Eu-

Back 27

Good, easy, or normal

Front 28

Anti-

Back 28

Against

Front 29

Endo-

Back 29

Within or inside

Front 30

Ex-

Exo-

Back 30

Without, out of, outside, or away from

Front 31

Ecto-

Back 31

Outside

Front 32

Inter-

Back 32

Between

Front 33

Intra-

Back 33

Within

Front 34

-penia

Back 34

Deficiency or reduction in number

Front 35

Micro-

Back 35

Small

Front 36

Macro-

Back 36

Large

Front 37

Trans-

Back 37

Across

Front 38

-stomy

Back 38

Surgical opening

Front 39

-ectomy

Back 39

Surgical removal

Front 40

-pexy

Back 40

Suture to stabilize

Front 41

-plasty

Back 41

Surgical repair

Front 42

-centesis

Back 42

Surgical procedure to remove fluid or gas

Front 43

-gram

Back 43

Record of

Front 44

-graph

Back 44

Instrument that records

Front 45

-graphy

Back 45

Procedure that records

Front 46

-scopy

Back 46

Procedure to visually examine

Front 47

-therapy

Back 47

Treatment

Front 48

-rrhagia

-rrhage

Back 48

Bursting forth

Front 49

-rrhaphy

Back 49

To suture

Front 50

-rrhea

Back 50

Flow or discharge

Front 51

-rrexis

Back 51

Rupture

Front 52

-itis

Back 52

Inflation

Front 53

-malacia

Back 53

Abnormal softening

Front 54

-malacia

Back 54

Abnormal softening

Front 55

-ive

Back 55

Performs or tends toward

Front 56

-malacia

Back 56

Abnormal softening

Front 57

-ive

Back 57

Performs or tends toward

Front 58

-pathy

Back 58

Disease

Front 59

-sclerosis

Back 59

Abnormal hardening

Front 60

Cran/o

Back 60

Blue

Front 61

Recumbent

Back 61

Laying down

Front 62

Ectoparasite

Back 62

An organism that lives outside the body

Front 63

Ectoparasite

Back 63

An organism that lives outside the body

Front 64

Colostomy

Back 64

Surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface

Front 65

Ectoparasite

Back 65

An organism that lives outside the body

Front 66

Colostomy

Back 66

Surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface

Front 67

Ovariohysterectomy

Back 67

Surgical removal of the ovaries

Front 68

The lumbar region of the back, between the thorax and the pelvis of bovine

-brisket

-quarter

-loin

-pedal

Back 68

Loin

Front 69

The lumbar region of the back, between the thorax and the pelvis of bovine

-brisket

-quarter

-loin

-pedal

Back 69

Loin

Front 70

The caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb

-hooks

-toe

-Quarter

-heel

Back 70

Heel

Front 71

The mammary glands

-teat

-udder

-ureters

-barrel

Back 71

Udder

Front 72

The mammary glands

-teat

-udder

-ureters

-barrel

Back 72

Udder

Front 73

The V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof is called the

-fetlock

-frog

-heel

-quarter

Back 73

Frog

Front 74

The mammary glands

-teat

-udder

-ureters

-barrel

Back 74

Udder

Front 75

The V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof is called the

-fetlock

-frog

-heel

-quarter

Back 75

Frog

Front 76

Dermat/o

Back 76

Skin

Front 77

The region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below the skin

-white line

-tail head

-withers

-elbow

Back 77

Withers

Front 78

Which of the following is the only horizontal plane

-sagittal

-midsagittal

-transverse

-dorsal

Back 78

Dorsal

Front 79

True or false

The sagittal plan divides the body into two equal parts

Back 79

False

Midsagittal divides equally

Front 80

Which cavity contains the heart and lungs

-pelvic

-peritoneal

-thoracic

-abdominal

Back 80

Thoracic

Front 81

The stomach is located_________ to the heart

-cranial

-proximal

-medial

-caudal

Back 81

Caudal

Front 82

Distal

Proximal

Back 82

A. Distal

B. Proximal

Front 83

A band of fibrous connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone

Back 83

Tendon

Front 84

Back 84

Front 85

Back 85

Front 86

Back 86

Front 87

Front (Term)

Back 87

Back (Definition)

Front 88

Back 88

Small intestine

Front 89

Abnormal softening of the kidney is called ___________

Back 89

Nephromalacia

Front 90

Nephrosclerosis is __________ of the kidney

-inflammation

-suturing

-construction

-hardening

Back 90

Hardening

Front 91

The term ______ means lack or loss of appetite

Back 91

Anorexia

Front 92

The term ________ means abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Back 92

Ascites

Front 93

Ren/o

Nephr/o

Back 93

Kidney

Front 94

A mule is an offspring of a

Back 94

Male donkey & female horse

Front 95

Epi

Back 95

Above

Front 96

-physis

Back 96

Growth

Front 97

Dia

Back 97

Between

Front 98

Peri

Back 98

Surrounding

Front 99

Oste/o

Back 99

Bone

Front 100

-um

Back 100

Structure

Front 101

Chondr/o

Back 101

Cartilage

Front 102

Chondr/o

Back 102

Cartilage

Front 103

Arth/o

Back 103

Joint

Front 104

An incomplete or less than normal development of an organ, a tissue or a cell

-atrophy

-neoplasia

-hypoplasia

-hypertrophy

Back 104

Hyperplasia

Front 105

This is any abnormal new growth of tissue in which multiplication of cells is controlled, more than normal, & progressive, and normal forms a tumor

-atrophy

-hyperplasia

-neoplasia

-hypertrophy

Back 105

Neoplasia