Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:11 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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Visceral sensory nerve

nerve fibres that carry impulses from an organ to the central nervous system

Visceral system

any of the body systems made up of internal organs, e.g. digestive and respiratory systems

Vital capacity

volume of air that can be exhaled after the deepest possible inspiration; it is the usable air in the respiratory system

Vitamin

a number of unrelated organic compounds essential in small amounts for normal metabolism

VMD

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

VMP

Veterinary Medicinal Product

Vocalization

making sounds

Vomitus

matter from the stomach that returns against the normal direction of peristalsis and may be ejected from the mouth by vomiting