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Chapter 2 vocabulary
veterinary assistant career and medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physiology | branch of biology concerned with the structure of kiving things including bones muscles and internal organs |
| anesthesia | delivery of medicine to prevent animals from feeling pain during surgery or other medical or dental procedures |
| anesthetic | medicine used to prevent pain and distress during medical procedures |
| animal nutrition | science concerned with the dietary needs of pets , and farn and zoo animals |
| animal restraint | practice that reduces patient stress and prevents injuries to both the animal and the veterinary professional during medical exams |
| apitude | an innate learned or developed comptency to do a certain type of work at a certain level |
| attitude | a person's like , dislike or ambialenc toward an object , person .behavior issue or event |
| diagnosis | process of identifying a medical condition or diease by its signs and symptoms and from the results of various tests |
| empathy | ability to feel and understand what another person is feeling |
| marketing | process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service |
| medical records | detailed description of a patients medical issues and progess and resolution |
| professional ethics | principles of governing the behavior of a professional group |
| veterinary-client-patient relationship | basis for interaction between the veterinarian and his or her clients and patients |
| x-ray | form of electromagnetic radiation used in radiology to reveal the internal structure of the body on film |