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Bonewit #10
Minor Office Surgery Carrie
Question | Answer |
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Abrasion | a wound in which the outer layers of the skin are damaged |
Abscess | a collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflammed tissue |
Absorbable suture | suture material that is gradually digested and absorbed by the body |
approximation | the process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, together through the use of sutures of other parts |
bandage | a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body |
biopsy | the surgical removal and exam of tissue from the living body. |
capillary action | the action that causes liquid to rise along a wick, a tube, or a guaze dressing |
cloposcope | a lightened instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix |
colposcopy | the visual exam of the vagina and cervix |
contaminate | to cause a strerile object to become unsterile |
contusion | an injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissues |
cryosurgery | the therapeutic use of freezing temps to destroy abnormal tissue |
exudate | a discharge produced by the bodys tissues |
fibroblast | an immature cell from which connective tissue can develop |
forceps | two-pronged instrument for grasping and squeezing |
furuncle | a localized staphylococcal infection that originates deep within a hair follicle |
hemostasis | the arrest of bleeding by a natural pr artifical means |
incision | a clean cut caused by a cutting instrument |
infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen |
Infiltration | the process by which a substance passes into |