Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Quiz 4 VT 145
Nervous System & Respiratory System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drug used for Myasthenia gravis | Pyridostigmine |
| Name three drugs used for long-term seizure control. | Phenobarbital, Potassium Bromide, Zonisamide |
| Short-term anticonvulsant | Diazepam (Valium) |
| Common drug used for a short-acting anesthetic & antiseizure | Propofol |
| Osmotic diuretic | Mannitol |
| Three common signs of head trauma | Increased intracranial pressure, hemorrhage, hypoxia |
| What's something you can always give an animal in an emergency situation? | Oxygen |
| Encephalitis can be caused via which five pathways? | Viral, tick-borne, fungal, protozoa, parasites |
| Pugs are prone to this type of head trauma | Pug encephalitis |
| Define a seizure: | a physical manifestation resulting from abnormal electrical discharges in the brain |
| If seizures are idiopathic, they are known as: | epileptic seizures |
| body can _______ during seizures | cool down |
| hydrocephalus has fluid from where? | cerebrospinal fluid |
| hydrocephalus causes what kind of blindness? | cortical blindness |
| aka the old dog cns disease | vestibular |
| nystagmus | repetitive movement of eyes |
| tx for vestibular dz | antinausea - meclizine/cerenia |
| three stages of rabies | prodromal, furious, paralytic |
| disease of neuromuscular junction | myasthenia gravis |
| type of pneumonia secondary to megaesophagus | aspiration pneumonia |
| caused by PRAA, need to feed them meatballs | megaesophagus |
| dachshund poster children for this | intervertebral disc disease (ivdd) |
| myelogram | adding contrast agent around the spinal cord |
| jelly donut disc | ivdd |
| ischemic necrosis | cell death due to vascular compromise |
| much like ivdd, but in larger, athletic dogs | fibrocartilage embolism |
| piece of cartilage escapes into spinal blood stream | fibrocartilage embolism |
| layman terms for cervical spondylomyelopathy | wobbler's syndrome |
| affects Dobermans and great danes, mainly young dogs | wobbler's syndrome |
| sterter | snoring |
| stridor | inspiratory wheeze |
| atelectasis | collapsed lung |
| epistaxis | nose bleed |
| stenotic nares | nostrils are too small to allow airflow |
| hypoplastic trachea | abnormally small trachea in brachycephalics |
| everted laryngeal saccules | block airflow |
| four signs of brachycephalic syndrome | stenotic nares, hypoplastic trachea, everted laryngeal saccules, elongated soft palate |
| brachycephalics are prone to? | heat stroke |
| kennel cough | infectious tracheobronchitis |
| paroxysmal | coughing fit |
| infectious tracheobronchitis normally caused by | bordetella |
| pneumonia definition | infection of the lungs |
| two tx for pneumonia | transtracheal wash, coupage |
| three tings to remember about tracheal collapse | toys, underformed tracheal rings, GOOSE HONK |
| bronchial donuts | feline asthma |
| tx for feline asthma | terbutaline, aerokat |
| localized in nasal cavity of dogs, fungal infection, DESTROYS turbinates | aspergillus fumigatus |
| sinuses most commonly affected by sinusitis | frontal and maxillary |
| rare, gsd, proprioceptive deficits, degeneration of myelination of distal spinal cord | degenerative myelopathy |
| can be from ear infections, trauma, ototoxic drugs, genetics, old age | deafness |
| disease of nerves in the PNS | peripheral neuropathy |
| old male labs - IAN. stridor, voice change, dyspnea | laryngeal paralysis |
| ixodides | American dog tick |
| flaccid, afebrile, ascending paralysis - temporary | tick paralysis |
| coonhound paralysis, raccoon bite, flaccid paralysis | polyradiculoneuritis |
| anything that causes disruption of sympathetic innervation of the face | horner's syndrome |
| five signs of horner's syndrome | unilateral miosis, ptosis, enophthalmos, anisocoria, 3rd eyelid protrusion |
| unilateral miosis | constriction of pupil |
| ptosis | drooping of upper eyelid |
| four pieces of lower respiratory tract | trachea, bronchi, lungs, pleural cavity |
| four pieces of URT | nasal cavity, sinuses, nasopharynx, larynx |
| asymmetrical nose, nasal discharge, dyspnea, sneezing | nasal tumor |
Created by:
eaks
Popular Veterinary sets