Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 1:17 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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Radiograph a visible record on film of the pattern of X-rays passing through a patient |
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Receptors sensory cells that receive information from the environment, in the form of a stimulus, and transfer this information to the brain or spinal cord as a nerve impulse |
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Reflex action a fast, automatic response to a stimulus |
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Reflex arc the pathway taken by an action potential leading to a reflex action |
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Renal pertaining to the kidneys |
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Reservoir a source of infection |
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Residual volume the volume of air left in the lungs after the deepest possible expiration; the air that is always in the lungs |
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Resolution the ability to distinguish between two objects very close together; the higher the resolution of an image the greater the detail that can be seen |
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Respiration breathing; exchange of gases - oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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Respiratory acidosis a decrease in pH of blood, ECF and CSF, due to hypoventilation and accumulation of hydrogen ions and carbon dioxide |
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Respiratory alkalosis an increase in pH of blood, ECF and CSF, due to hyperventilation and loss of hydrogen ions and carbon dioxide |
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Respiratory rate the number of breaths in one minute |
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Respiratory tract the conducting pathway of air in and out of the body, from the nose to the pulmonary alveoli |
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Rhythmic segmentation muscular contractions which break up and mix the food within the gastro-intestinal tract. These movements do not push the food along the tract. |
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Ribosome cellular organelle that is the site of protein synthesis
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Rickets abnormal ossification during growth due to a deficiency of vitamin D |
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Rickettsia A micro-organism that requires other cells for growth but which uses oxygen and possesses a cell wall
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Rough endoplasmic reticulum system of membrane-bound tubes and sacs containing ribosomes that functions in the synthesis of proteins
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Ruminant animal in which the stomach is multi-chambered, the largest chamber of which is the rumen |
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