Monday, 6 May 2024, 4:21 AM
Site: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses
Course: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses (VetLogic)
Glossary: Glossary with audio assistance
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Ciliashort hair-like structures found on the surfaces of some cells and organisms; used for either propelling trapped material out of the body or for locomotion |
Cisternal punctureobtaining a sample of cerebrospinal fluid from the cisterna magnum |
Clotting timetime taken for blood to clot naturally |
Codominance |
Coitusthe act of mating |
Collimationthe process of altering the size of the primary beam using a light beam diaphragm (LBD) |
Colloida fluid where solid molecules are suspended in a liquid (but invisible to the naked eye). In fluid therapy, colloid fluids contain large molecules that remain in the circulation and therefore are plasma volume expanders. |
Colonisationthe formation of compact population groups of the same type of microorganism |
Commensalliving on or within another organism, and deriving benefit without harming or benefiting the host individual; an organism that causes neither harm nor benefit to the host |
Compound folliclehair follicle which consists of a primary hair follicle and several secondary hair follicles |