Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Nurses PDF

Clinical Anatomy and Physiology ​ for Veterinary Nurses Anatomical and Physiological Terminology Lowri Bennett; RVN, BSc(Hons) Veterinary Nursing Outline for today  What is terminology?  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Directional terms  Anatomical plan...

Clinical Anatomy and Physiology ​ for Veterinary Nurses Anatomical and Physiological Terminology Lowri Bennett; RVN, BSc(Hons) Veterinary Nursing Outline for today  What is terminology?  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Directional terms  Anatomical planes What is terminology?  “Specialized words or meanings relating to a particular field”  Enables you to understand diagnosis and provide appropriate care  We need to be able to describe parts of the body correctly  Communication with clinical team  Communication with clients  Clinical team vs. clients “Bouncer is tachycardic and dyspnoeic” “Bouncer is having some “He has a number of deep wounds difficulties with his breathing, and on the lateral aspect of his left his heart’s beating a bit fast” proximal forelimb, and one “He also has some wounds on his superficial wound on the dorsal front legs” aspect of his left carpus” Outline for today  What is it?  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Directional terms  Anatomical planes Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes By learning the meanings of root words, prefixes and suffixes you can break down words into parts to figure out what they mean Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Prefix Quadr/Tetra Endo Ad Supra Per Hypo Dys Hyper Epi Uni/Mono Ter/Tri Ab Anti Bi/Bin/Di Poly Brady Ect Tachy  Root Thyroid Cyto Cardio Chondr Cysto Gastro Derma Adreno Pulmon Myo Entero Osteo Colon Ot/o Reno Hemo Ophtho Hepato  Suffix Ostomy Eous Ism/Ia Centesis Stasis Ectomy Scopy Itis Ology Ac/Ious/IC Pexy Emia Otomy Pnoea Rrhage  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes Here’s an example:: All together now… Prefix Root Suffix  1. Hypothermia 2. Tendonitis Have a go 3. Ovariohysterectomy at these terms 4. Osteotomy 5. Cytology …more 6. Hyperadrenocortisism exercises to come in the post-lecture activities Initially it may appear complicated – but we can break down clinical words to make them understandable Outline for today  What is it?  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Directional terms  Anatomical planes Directional terms  Used to provide more information about the position and structure of organs and tissues  Commonly used during diagnostic imaging Distal to the point of the carpus/hock Proximal Distal 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.  Recumbency Lane and Gruthrie (2001) describes recumbency as “an animal that is lying down and unable to rise unaided”. Can you give the names of the positions shown in A and B, which are commonly used for diagnostic imaging? _______________ Recumbency _____________ Recumbency  What about this one? _______________ Recumbency Outline for today  What is it?  Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes  Directional terms  Anatomical planes Anatomical Planes  Used to describe the location of parts of the animal  Commonly used during diagnostic imaging Anatomical planes  References Lane, D. R. and Grutherie, S. (2001) Dictionary of Veterinary Nursing. Butterworth- Heinemann Aspinall, V. (Ed) (2011) The Complete Text Book of Veterinary Nursing. London: Butterworth- Heinmann