SMED FELINE PHYSICAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

1 SMED FELINE PHYSICAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ What is essential when examining a patient? Correct Answer: their patient history What are some aspects of patient history? Correct Answer: - presenting complaint - clinic signs/symptoms - recent change (ex. diet, travel, routine) - current medications - previous/current medical conditions What are the 13 Body Systems? (in order from head to toe) Correct Answer: 1. Behavioral/Mentation 2. Musculoskeletal 3. Neurologic 4. Dermal 5. Ocular 6. Otic 7. Dental/Oral 8. Nasal/Respiratory 2 9. Lymphatic 10. Cardiac 11. Hepatic/Gastrointestinal 12. Renal/Urinary 13. Genital What are the general vitals of a cat? Correct Answer: Temperature: 100-102.5 F Pulse: 150-200 bpm Respirations: 20-30 breaths per minute Life Expectancy: ~13-17+ years What are some aspects of a Distance Examination? Correct Answer: 1. Behavior 2. Gait Examination - lameness - neurologic - external examination What are the three colors/rankings of Behavior? Correct Answer: 1. Green Cat - can approach 2. Yellow Cat - caution when approaching 3. Red Cat - do not approach 3 What is Mentation? Correct Answer: Normal: BAR (Bright, Alert, Responsive) or QAR (Quiet, Alert, Responsive) - Obtunded = decreased response to stimuli - Stuporous = no response to non-painful stimuli, response to painful stimuli - Comatose = no response to non-painful or painful response What are 2 examples of Gait Examination? Correct Answer: 1. Cerebellar Hypoplasia (toy solider walk) 2. Luxating Patella (lame cat) What are the two aspects of Neurologic Examination? Correct Answer: 1. Cranial Examination 2. Spinal Examination What are the aspects of 1. Cranial Examination? Correct Answer: status of their cranial nerves - head tilts - nystagmus (normal is siamese cats) - absence of blinking - dysphagia (difficulty eating) 4 What are the aspects of 2. Spinal Examination? Correct Answer: spinal cord and patient's reflexes - spinal palpation - withdrawn response - patellar reflux - cutaneous trunci response (muscle controls skin movement) What are the aspects of Dermatologic Examination? Correct Answer: - performed to assess for external lesions ranging from wounds/lacerations, parasites, coat quality, to patient hygiene - jaundice/icterus - possible liver disease or RBC destruction - sub-q bleeding: petechia, ecchymoses What are the aspects of Otic and Ocular? Correct Answer: otic exam is limited to the external ear - L chaped - parasites - Otitis: ear infection ocular exam includes internal AND external eye exam - parts of eye, internal and external What are the aspects of Dental and Oral? 5 Correct Answer: dental health - presense of dental tartar and calculus, dental fractures, gingivitis the base of the tongue is common location for linear foreign bodies oral lesions can be found as well assess gums and tongue for color - pallor/pale/white = anemia - blue/cyanotic = hypoxemia - yellow/jaundice/icteric - liver or certain blood disease - hemorrhaging = petechia What are the aspects of Nasal and Respiratory? Correct Answer: - assess the upper and lower airways - upper: nasal discharge, airway/nares obstruction - lower: assess for bronchovesicular sounds What are the aspects of Lymphatic and Cardiac? Correct Answer: there are lymph noes that can be palpated on external examination enlargement usually indicates disease: - infectious 6 - inflammatory - neoplastic cardiac assess detects rhythm disturbances and murmurs based on auscultation (sound) What are the aspects of Hepatic/Gastrointestinal? Correct Answer: - liver is commonly not easily palpated (more readily palpated = usually enlarged) - apply gentle pressure (should be "soft and doguhy) - easy to palpate the colon (helpful with assessing stool consistency) - ex. bleeding, possible pancreatic disease - parasites - diarrhea (large bowel vs small bowel) What are the aspects of Ureogential? Correct Answer: - both kidneys are easy to palpate in cats - small = indicate chronic disease to kidney - large = indicate urinary flow obstruction - urinary bladder is in the caudal abdomen and can sometimes indicate urinary stones or urinary flow obstruction - assess for vaginal discharge in females (palpate testicles in intact males) - uterine prolapse (usually postpartum cases)