1. Chapter 1 Introduction to Veterinary terminology
VTHT 1205
Dr. Dipa Brahmbhatt & Ms. Krista Wilkerson

2. Guidelines
Syllabus

3. Text
Blood, D. C. and Studdert, V. P., Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 2nd Edition, W. B. Saunders, 1999, ISBN
Flash cards

4. Flashcards

6. 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.

8. 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.

9. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE  
ABDUCTION 
BOWMAN’S CAPSULE 
ERUCTATION 
ERYTHROCYTE 
CRYPTORCHIDISM 
PERISTALSIS
PARTURITION 
CANNON BONE
CYANOTIC

10. 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

11. 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

12. SUFFIX End part of a word Cannot stand alone attached to a root
Erythrocyte
-cyte: cell
-itis, -logy, -ous, -tion

13. ROOT Foundation of word +/- prefix/suffix or between Rhin, duct, ject,
arthr, bio
Rhinintis
Rhin: nose

14. COMBINING FORM Combining form Root + added vowel Root + suffix/ root
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

15. 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

16. 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)

17. PLURAL Singular: ends in us Phalanx -> phalanges
Plural ends in i
Carpus -> carpi
Glomerulus -> glomeruli
Phalanx -> phalanges
Cranium -> crania
Fascia -> fasciae
Adenoma -> adenomata

18. SPELLINGS “This payshent has a feever.” - unprofessional
Ileum in bowel vs. Ilium in pelvis-
could lead to misdiagnosis of a condition
inappropriate work-up