Thursday, 28 March 2024, 4:38 PM
Site: Animal Class - E Learning and training for animal care
Course: Animal Class - E Learning and training for animal care (Animal Class)
Glossary: Glossary
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Auscultation

listening to organs with a stethoscope

Autoclave

steam sterilising container

Autoimmune disease

a condition that causes the body to attack its own tissues

Autonomic nervous system

part of the peripheral nervous system under involuntary control

Autotomy

shedding of a body part to aid survival, such as a lizard shedding its tail

AVM-GSL

Authorised Veterinary Medicine - General Sales List: relates to over-the-counter products

Axial skeleton

the bones that form the head, vertebral column and ribcage

Axon

the part of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body