Cytology: Vaginal Cyto

1. Cornified squamous epithelial cells are also known as _____.

Superficial cells

Deep cells

Floating in the middle cells

Aurora

2. Identifying sperm in the smear is a reliable way of confirming pregnancy.

True

False

Confirming breeding.

Explanation

Confirming breeding.

3. is the inflammation of the vagina. __ is the inflammation of the uterus.

Vaginitis, metritis

Metritis, uteritis

Vaginoma, metroma

Oh you know it already, this one too.

4. The nucleus of a superficial cell is either _ or __.

Absent, pyknotic

Enlarged, disproportional

Absent, phagocytic

Small, crenated

5. Small non-cornified squamous epithelial cells are also known as ________.

Parabasal cells

Peribasal cells

Basal cells

Juliette

6. ~Meet Cupcake the female Yorki.She's had a swollen vulva with pinkish straw colored discharge.She's drooling at basically any male that passes by (Especially Muffin the male Yorki!).All of her cells are super freaking cornified.She has no neutrophils at all, but a few RBCs are present.

Oh! That's Estrus !

Maybe Diestrus...?

Someone's gotta spay dat biotch....

Sounds like it could be Proestrus.

7. What would you see in the smear of a patient with vaginitis/metritis?

Large numbers of neutrophils and bacteria

Small numbers of neutrophils and bacteria

Bacteria. Just bacteria. All over the place. RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Cornified cells and bacteria

Also non-cornified cells will be present.

Explanation

Also non-cornified cells will be present.

8. ~Meet Tika the female poodle.Males are dying for her but she's like "nah".Her non-cornified cells are slowly turning into cornified cells.There are quite a few RBCs but the neutrophils are decreasing.

Yep, sounds like Proestrus.

Yep, sounds like Anestrus.

Yep, sounds like Diestrus.

She needs to get off her high horse !

9. ~Meet Fiddle the female Chihuahua. She was recently in estrus. I caught her with Buck the male Doberman. (DAYUM)She barely has any vulvular swelling/discharge.She's not talking to Buck anymore :( Her cornified cells are turning into non-cornified cells.She has tons of cytological debris.

That's Diestrus alright !

She's still in Estrus.

Did you just say Buck? THE Buck? HOW ??

That's definitely Anestrus.

10. What do parabasal look like?

Round with a high nuclear-cytoplasm ratio

Round with a low nuclear-cytoplasm ratio

No nucleus

They look oddly similar to pickled olives.

11. Intermediate cells are also known as ____.

Large non-cornified squamous epithelial cells

Small non-cornified squamous epithelial cells

Cornified squamous epithelial cells

Rosa

12. ~Meet Lulu the female corgi.She has no vulvular swelling.Male dogs aren't attracted to her (she's having a bad fur day).Her vaginal smear showed non-cornified cells.We saw a couple of neutrophils but no RBCs.

Oh my, someone's in Anestrus!

Oh my, someone's in Proestrus!

Oh my, someone's in Diestrus!

Oh my, someone's in Estrus!

13. Pregnancy is not cytologically distinguishable from or .

Diestrus, anestrus

Diestrus, proestrus

Anestrus, proestrus

Estrus, anestrus

14. What do intermediate cells look like?

Oval or polygonal with large prominent nucleus. Small nuclear-cytoplasm ratio.

Round with large prominent nucleus. Small nuclear-cytoplasm ratio.

Oval or polygonal with large prominent nucleus. High nuclear-cytoplasm ratio.

Like burnt waffles -_-

15. What stain should be used for a regular vaginal smear?

Dirty diff quick

Clean diff quick

New Methylene Blue

Gram stain

16. Select the options pertaining to sample collection.

Animal in standing position with tail elevated

Vulva cleaned and rinsed

Lubricated speculum

Sterile swab moistened with sterile saline

Animal in lateral recumbency

What are you doing you with this swab weirdo??

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17. Vaginitis/metritis come with _____ discharge without signs of or proestrus/estrus.

Pinkish/whitish,vulvular swelling

Pinkish/reddish, vulvular swelling

Purulent, diestrus

Purulent, vulvular swelling

18. Canine estrus in the CORRECT ORDER ?

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

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19. The abominable estrus cycle.

Estrus

Diestrus

Proestrus

Anestrus

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Cytology: Vaginal Cyto

1. Cornified squamous epithelial cells are also known as _____.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Identifying sperm in the smear is a reliable way of confirming pregnancy.

3. ____ is the inflammation of the vagina. ______ is the inflammation of the uterus.

4. The nucleus of a superficial cell is either _____ or ______.

5. Small non-cornified squamous epithelial cells are also known as ________.

6. ~Meet Cupcake the female Yorki.She's had a swollen vulva with pinkish straw colored discharge.She's drooling at basically any male that passes by (Especially Muffin the male Yorki!).All of her cells are super freaking cornified.She has no neutrophils at all, but a few RBCs are present.

7. What would you see in the smear of a patient with vaginitis/metritis?

8. ~Meet Tika the female poodle.Males are dying for her but she's like "nah".Her non-cornified cells are slowly turning into cornified cells.There are quite a few RBCs but the neutrophils are decreasing.

9. ~Meet Fiddle the female Chihuahua. She was recently in estrus. I caught her with Buck the male Doberman. (DAYUM)She barely has any vulvular swelling/discharge.She's not talking to Buck anymore :( Her cornified cells are turning into non-cornified cells.She has tons of cytological debris.

10. What do parabasal look like?

11. Intermediate cells are also known as ____.

12. ~Meet Lulu the female corgi.She has no vulvular swelling.Male dogs aren't attracted to her (she's having a bad fur day).Her vaginal smear showed non-cornified cells.We saw a couple of neutrophils but no RBCs.

13. Pregnancy is not cytologically distinguishable from ______ or ______.

14. What do intermediate cells look like?

15. What stain should be used for a regular vaginal smear?

16. Select the options pertaining to sample collection.

17. Vaginitis/metritis come with ___________ discharge without signs of ______ or proestrus/estrus.

18. Canine estrus in the CORRECT ORDER ?

19. The abominable estrus cycle.

3. is the inflammation of the vagina. __ is the inflammation of the uterus.

4. The nucleus of a superficial cell is either _ or __.

13. Pregnancy is not cytologically distinguishable from or .

17. Vaginitis/metritis come with _____ discharge without signs of or proestrus/estrus.