chapter 1 introduction to veterinary terminology
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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, 2nd Edition, W. B. Saunders, 1999, ISBN 0702020346.
• Flash cards
Flashcards
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.
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.
• TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
• ABDUCTION
• BOWMAN’S CAPSULE
• ERUCTATION
• ERYTHROCYTE
• CRYPTORCHIDISM
• PERISTALSIS
• PARTURITION
• CANNON BONE
• CYANOTIC
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
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
SUFFIX
• End part of a word
• Cannot stand alone attached to a root
• Erythrocyte– -cyte: cell
• -itis, -logy, -ous, -tion
ROOT
• Foundation of word
• +/- prefix/suffix or
between
• Rhin, duct, ject,
arthr, bio• Rhinintis
–Rhin: nose
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
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
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)
PLURAL
• Singular: ends in us– Plural ends in i• Carpus -> carpi
• Glomerulus -> glomeruli
• Phalanx -> phalanges
• Cranium -> crania
• Fascia -> fasciae
• Adenoma -> adenomata
SPELLINGS
• “This payshent has a feever.” - unprofessional
• Ileum in bowel vs. Ilium in pelvis- – could lead to
misdiagnosis of a condition
– inappropriate work-up