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Chapter 1 Introduction to Veterinary terminology

Chapter 1 Introduction to Veterinary terminology. VTHT 1205 Dr. Dipa Brahmbhatt & Ms. Krista Wilkerson. Guidelines. Syllabus. Text. Blood, D. C. and Studdert, V. P., Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 2 nd Edition, W. B. Saunders, 1999, ISBN 0702020346. Flash cards.

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Veterinary terminology

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  1. Chapter 1 Introduction to Veterinary terminology VTHT 1205 Dr. Dipa Brahmbhatt & Ms. Krista Wilkerson

  2. Guidelines Syllabus

  3. Text • Blood, D. C. and Studdert, V. P., Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 2nd Edition, W. B. Saunders, 1999, ISBN 0702020346. • Flash cards

  4. Flashcards

  5. The male Cocker Spaniel lies in left lateral recumbency on the carpet, exposing his ventral abdomen and thorax. His carpi and stifles are flexed and his right hind limb is abducted from the body.

  6. The tortoise-shelled Domestic Long Haired feline has her sight focused on an object outside. Her weight rests on the plantar surface of her distal hind limbs, while the palmar surface of her left forelimb is placed on the windowsill. Her pinnas are erect and pointed cranially and her mandible is lowered, exposing her canine teeth and allowing her to vocalize at the object.

  7. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE   ABDUCTION  BOWMAN’S CAPSULE  ERUCTATION  ERYTHROCYTE  CRYPTORCHIDISM  PERISTALSIS PARTURITION  CANNON BONE CYANOTIC

  8. OBJECTIVE • 75% terms based in Greek and Latin • Fundamentals • ID: Prefix, suffix, root, combination • Application • Anatomy & Physiology: Relate roots to systems of the body Dermo (Epidermis, Dermatologist, Hypodermic needle) Uro (ureter, urolith, urologist) • Veterinary field: Private practice, academic setting, research • Illustrations/diagrams/charts • Review questions

  9. PREFIX • Beginning of a word • Cannot stand alone attached to a root • Antibiotic • ANTI • Against • Asepsis • a-, an- + • Greek: prefix; no, absence of, without, lack of, not

  10. SUFFIX • End part of a word • Cannot stand alone attached to a root • Erythrocyte • -cyte: cell • -itis, -logy, -ous, -tion

  11. ROOT • Foundation of word • +/- prefix/suffix or between • Rhin, duct, ject, arthr, bio • Rhinintis • Rhin: nose

  12. COMBINING FORM • Combining form • Helps with pronunciation • Root + added vowel • combining vowel • Root + suffix/ root • Arteriosclerosis • Blephar/o/spasm, ot/o/scope, enter/o/tomy, ven/e/puncture, bronch/i/ole, meg/a/cardia

  13. ROOTS / COMPOUNDS • Compounds: More than 1 root • Arteriosclerosis: Hardening of arteries • Arteri: Artery • O: combining vowel • Scler: Hardening • -osis: state/condition • Bookmark, airplane • Laparoscope, mammogram

  14. PRONUNCIATION • “ch” sounds like “k” : chronological, chronic • “ps” has a silent p : psychiatry, psyllium; • “pn” has a silent p: pneumonia; pneusis • When placed in front of “e, i, or y”, • “g” can sound like “j” • gel, gypsy, gin • “c” can sound like “s” • cellar, cypress, cilia • “i” at the end of a word (plural): eye • Aveoli, glomeruli, fasciculi • “es”: end of word is separate syllable • Stases (seez); nares (reez)

  15. PLURAL • Singular: ends in us • Plural ends in i • Carpus -> carpi • Glomerulus -> glomeruli • Phalanx -> phalanges • Cranium -> crania • Fascia -> fasciae • Adenoma -> adenomata

  16. SPELLINGS • “This payshent has a feever.” - unprofessional • Ileum in bowel vs. Ilium in pelvis- • could lead to misdiagnosis of a condition • inappropriate work-up

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