Concept, application, History

1
The word “endoscopy” comes from the following language:
Latin
Greek
English
It is a new term



2
Tick the correct options, related to applications of endoscopy:
a) Flexible endoscopes are best suited to more tortuous intestinal segments
b) Flexible endoscopes are adequate to explore viscera without natural openings
c) Rigid endoscopes are adequate to explore joints
d) Flexible endoscopes are preferable for laparoscopy



3
We usually use a flexible endoscope to explore:
a) Ear
b) Thorax
c) Stomach
d) Duodenum



4
The interior stomach was first visualized from outside in the following century:
a) XVII
b) XVIII
c) XIX
d) XX



5
Tick the correct option related to light sources for endoscopy:
a) Cold light is required
b) The invention of fiberoptics allowed the development of the so-called cold light source
c) Hirschowitz was a great contributor in this field
d) These discoveries occurred in the XIX century



6
Inclusion of a working channel in the endoscopes allowed:
a) Insufflation
b) Aspiration
c) Biopsy sampling
d) Use of ancillary instruments



7
We usually perform digestive endoscopy in an animal when:
a) Other diagnostic methods have yielded confusing results
b) Clinical features are chronic and there is no diagnosis
c) The animal presents with any digestive symptom
d) It is necessary to take a biopsy from intestinal segments C



8
Endoscopy is contraindicated in:
a) Animals with cardiorespiratory problems
b) Intestinal perforation
c) An animal unfit for anesthesia
d) Endoscopy is never contraindicated



9
Before performing a digestive endoscopy, we should carry out:
a) Complete physical examination
b) Hematological tests
c) Biochemical tests
d) All the above options are correct



10
a) Vomiting
a) Vomiting
b) Hematemesis
c) Hematochecia
d) All the above options are correct



11
The following are examples of interventional endoscopy:
a) Biopsy sampling
b) Esophageal stenotic dilatation
c) Sclerosis of hemorrhagic lesions
d) All the above options are correct