Computer test - Mucous membranes & LN

Question 1

What do you test with BMBT ?

Answer 1

Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Test : Capillary Refill Time (<2s), and tests platelet function

Question 2

Which LN can be palpated in the healthy horse ?

Answer 2

• Mandibular
• Superficial inguinal
  When enlarged :
• Retropharyngeal
• Prescapular
  Rectal palpation :
• Iliosacral
• Mesenteric

Question 3

Describing LN ?

Answer 3

• Location
• Shape
• Size → measure, compare to something
• Consistency
• Structure
• Painfulness
• Movability
• T° compared with other
• Surface
• Intactness of covered skin
• SYMMETRY

Question 4

What can the mucous membrane look like if there is cardiac failure ?

• Cyanotic
• Livid
• Pale, whitish
• Yellow
• Purple

Answer 4

• Cyanotic
• Livid
• Pale, whitish

Question 5

What colour in the Mm in case of hypo-volemic shock ?

• Cyanotic
• Yellow
• Pale
• Dirty red

Answer 5

Dirty red

Question 6

Associate Mm colors to cause :
Red/Dirty red/cherry red/chocolate brown/blue/yellow/slight yellowish/pale withish/purple/grey purple

Jaundice/Inflammation/peripheral blood vessels empty/Intoxication/CO Toxicosis/Meth-Hb
/cyanosis/anaemia/Normal in horses/peripheral blood vessels fullness

Answer 6

Red/Inflammation
Dirty red/Intoxication
Cherry red/CO Toxicosis
Chocolate brown/Meth-Hb
Blue/cyanosis
Yellow/Jaundice
Slight yellowish/Normal in horses
Pale withish/ anaemia
Purple/ peripheral blood vessels fullness
Grey purple/peripheral blood vessels empty

Question 7

Which LN can be palpated in cattle ?

Answer 7

• Mandibular
• Superficial inguinal (Sub iliac + Mammary)
• Praescapular
  When enlarged :
• Retropharyngeal
• Parotid
  Rectal palpation
• Iliosacral
• Mesenteric

Question 8

Methods of inspection of LN ?

Answer 8

Inspection, rectal palpation, palpation
Extra exams :
Xrays, US, CT, FNA, biopsy, excision, extirpation

Question 9

Which LN are palpable in dog and cat ?

Answer 9

• Mandibular
• Pre scapular
• Popliteal
  When enlarged :
• Retropharyngeal
• Parotid
• Axillary
• Superficial inguinal
• Mesenteric

Question 10

Which LN are palpable in sheep, goat and swine ?

Answer 10

Not always palpable, but :
Sheep, goat :
- Prescapular
- Superficial inguinal/subiliac
Swine :
- Superficial inguinal/subiliac

Question 11

Examination methods of Mm ?

Answer 11

Inspection, palpation, smelling
Extra exams : 
Endoscopy, X rays (+/- contrasts)
US
Discharge, secretion microbiology, cytology

Question 12

Describing Mm ?

Answer 12

Colour, moisture, lesions, membrane vessels/haemorrage, surface, CRT