This guide to clinical veterinary language features tools for constructing, deconstructing, and understanding clinical veterinary terms; discussions of word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations; case studies and medical reports that demonstrate the use of clinical veterinary language in practice; and fill-in-the-blank, matching, and define-the-word exercises.--From publisher description.

Getting to know your patients -- Assembling a framework -- Looking at the entire body -- The integumentary system -- The skeletal system -- The muscular system -- The cardiovascular system -- Blood and lymph -- The respiratory system -- The digestive system -- The nervous system -- The senses -- The endocrine system -- The urinary system -- The reproductive system.