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• Complete Blood Count (CBC)


  Essential for pets that are not feeling well with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, pale gums, loss of appetite, or just not well in general. Prior to surgery to detect bleeding disorders and other unseen abnormalities.
• CBC


  • Provides information on hydration status, anemia, infection, the blood's clotting ability, and the ability of the immune system to respond
• Blood Chemistry


  Blood serum tests that evaluate organ function, electrolyte status, hormone levels
• Blood Chemistry


  • Important in evaluating older animals, animals that are ill, animals on long-term medications, animals undergoing sedation or anesthesia. Also important as a regular screening evaluation.
• Lipemia


  Excessive lipoproteins (fat) common in postprandial (after a meal) blood samples
• Hemolysis


  Damaged red blood cells which can falsely elevate many test results. Can be caused by poor sample collection and handling or disease state hemolytic anemia.
• Anatomic terminology


  Veterinarians use these terms to discuss the animal injuries, where to inject shots, or just general explanations of animals
• Anatomical Terms


  • Abdominal
  • Antebrachium
  • Appendicular
  • Axial
  • Axillary
• Anatomical Terms


  • Brachial
  • Cervical
  • Coccygeal
  • Cranium
  • Crural
  • Digital
• Anatomical Terms


  • Frontal
  • Inguinal
  • Lumbar
  • Mammary
  • Nasal
  • Oral
  • Orbital
  • Patellar
• Anatomical Terms


  • Pelvic
  • Perineal
  • Peritoneal
  • Pleural
  • Popliteal
  • Pubic
  • Quadrants
• Anatomical Terms


  • Sacral
  • Scapular
  • Sternal
  • Stifle
  • Thoracic
  • Umbilical
  • Vertebral
• Illustration of the peritoneum in the cat. P= parietal peritoneum; V= visceral peritoneum.
• Pleural anatomy. P= parietal pleura; Pl=pleural cavity; P Pc= parietal pericardium; Pe= pericardial cavity; V= visceral pleura; V Pc= visceral pericardium.
• Chyle

  milky fluid
• Galact

  milk, lactation
• Lact

  milk, lactation
• Mucus

  secretion of mucous membranes
• Muco

  secretion of mucous membranes
• Sial

  saliva, salivary glands
• Pus

  liquid product of inflammation
• Py

  liquid product of inflammation
• Heme is the iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin
• Plasma is the fluid portion of blood
• Serum

  Clear portion of blood fluid
• Ser

  Clear portion of blood fluid
• Sanqui

  blood, bloody
• Sanquin

  blood, bloody
• Ur

  urine or urea
• Ure

  urine or urea
• Uro

  urine or urea
• Urin

  urine or urea
• Ureo

  urine or urea
• Lith

  stone or calculus
• Lip

  fat, fatty acid
• Lipid

  fat, fatty acid
• Collagen is a fibrous protein of connective tissue, cartilage, bone, and skin
• Keratin is a hard protein covering of hair, nails, horns, hooves, epidermis
• Hormone is a chemical substance produced by glands and used elsewhere in the body
• Hyal

  glossy, translucent substance