Vtt 200 Basic Science

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A neurotransmitter associated with somatic nerves and with parasympathetic nervous system effects even though it is used in the preganglionic neuron in both the SNS and PSNS

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Acetylcholine

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Substance that dissolve in water to yield hydrogen ions and produce a solution with a pH less than 7

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Acids

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The secretory units of exocrine glands that contain one ore more sack like structures

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Acinar Gland

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A type of fixed cell in the connective tissue that stores fat(lipids) in its cytoplasm

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Adipocyte

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A microbe or microbiological process that functions fully only in the presence of free oxygen

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Aerobic

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A system of weights used in pharmacy and based on an once equal to 480 gr and a pound equal to 12 ounces

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Apothecary Weights

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Substance that are dissolved in water to yield hydroxyl ions and give the solution a pH greater than 7

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Bases

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The usually spherical body produced by cleavage of a fertilized ovum, consisting of a single layer of cells surrounding a fluid-filled cavity

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Blastula

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Dosage of most anti-neoplastic are measured in m2 that can be converted from the animal's body weight in kilograms

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Body Surface Area

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A small fleshy eminence, often abnormal

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Caruncle

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Directional term meaning towards the tail

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Caudal

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Of or pertaining to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 and the boiling point as 100 under normal atmospheric pressure

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Celsius

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Delivering a medication at a specific dose over a period of time

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Constant Rate Infusion

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Directional term meaning toward the head

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Cranial

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The lower number of a fraction

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Denominator

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The progressive acquisitions of individual characteristics by cells to enable them to perform different functions

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Differentation

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Weakened substance

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Dilution

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Directional term meaning away from the body

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Distal

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The process of producing complex substances out of simpler materials

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Elaboration

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Any of 116 known substances that cannot be separated into smaller substances

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Element

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A number that is placed above and to the right of another number, it tells the operator that the original number or base must be multiplied times itself the number above and to the right

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Exponent

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To infer(unknown information) from known information

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Extrapolate

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Of or concerning a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32 and the boiling point of water as 212 under standard atmospheric pressure

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Fahrenheit

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A sca or pouch-like depression or cavity

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Follicle

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Cluster of neuron cell bodies outside of the CNS

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Ganglion

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The greatest circumference of the chest in horses and dogs, just behind the withers, shoulder and elbow

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Girth

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The creation of glycogen from glucose in the liver

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Glycogenesis

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The breaking apart of glycogen into glucose molecules

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Glycogenolysis

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A globular protein found in the cellular nucleus that connects with nucleic acid to form nucleoproteins

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Histones

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The maintenance of dynamic equilibrium in the the body.

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Homeostasis

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Harmless

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Innocuous

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All the whole numbers including negatives, ie. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

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Integers

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Drug administration within the dermis

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Intradermal

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Are impossible to calculate or have no ending

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Irrational numbers

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Whiteness of the hair

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Leukotrichia

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Anything that occupies space and has mass

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Matter

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The most reliable of the averages when the values we are evaluating for a normal distribution

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Mean

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A useful to describe a set of values that do not form a normal distribution but are skewed

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Median

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The sudden and irreversible genetic change that causes a difference between offspring and their parents

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Mutation

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Of or pertaining to cell death and enzymatic degradation

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Necrotic

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The upper number of a fraction

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Numerator

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Oral Administration

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Per Os

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Inflammation of veins

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Phlebitis

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Any number that can only be evenly divided by itself and one. ie 2, 3, 5, 7

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Prime Numbers

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A part considered in relation to another part or to the whole

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Proportion

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Directional term meaning toward the body

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Proximal

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The number that results from the division of one number by another

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Quotient

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A way of demonstrating the relationship between two numbers

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Ratio

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The process of mixing a liquid into a powder to make a medication stable for use

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Reconstitution

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Literally, stiffness of death. The stiffness of skeletal muscles that usually occurs shortly after death. It results form insufficient source of energy in muscles fibres to allow them to relax

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Rigor Mortis

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Directional term meaning towards the nose

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Rostral

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A way of expressing very large or very small numbers in a simple form to perform calculations easier

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Scientific Notation

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Capable of being dissolved

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Soluble

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A mixture of two or more substances that appears to be uniform throughout except at the molecular level and is capable of forming by itself when the substance are in contact

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Solution

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Capable of dissolving another substance

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Solvent

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Sleepiness; also, unnatural drowsiness

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Somnolence

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A guide to tell us how far from the middle a value should be before it is considered abnormal

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Standard Deviation

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Administration of medication under the skin

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Subcutaneous

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The fertilized ovum

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Zygote

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A substance dissolved in another substance

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Solute