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