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Surgical supplies and instruments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The collection of pus under the skin or deep within the body that cause tissue destruction. | Abscesses |
| A rigid tube that can be inserted into the body; often for deliver or removal of fluid for data gathering | Cannula |
| The act of scraping a boy cavity with a surgical instrument | Curettage (curette) |
| The opening or widening of the circumference of a body orifice with dilating instrument. | Dilation |
| To cut or separate tissue with a cutting instrument or scissors | Dissect |
| A sheet or band of fibrous tissue deep in the skin that covers muscles and boy organs | Fascia |
| A recess in the upper part of the vagina caused by the protrusion of the cervix into the vaginal wall | Fornix |
| A metal rod with a smooth, rounded tip that is placed in hollow instruments to reduce injury to body tissues during insertion. | Obturator |
| Open condition of a body cavity or canal | Patency |
| A metal probe that is inserted into or passed through a catheter, needle, or tube used for clearing purposes or to facilitate passage into a body orifice. | Stylus |
| Rubber drains placed in a wound at the end of a surgical procedure to drain excess fluid | Wound drains (Penrose drains) |
| Squares or strops saturated with petroleum jelly or petrolatum- used to pack wounds | Sterilized gauze |
| 1/4 in to 2 in wide and impregnated with iodoform iodine- used to pack abscesses to act as a wick to draw out the infection; also used as a local antibacterial agent | Sterilized iodoform gauze strips |
| used to absorb blood and protect tissues during surgery | Surgical sponges |
| Used to inject local anesthetics and irrigate wounds | Syringes and needles |
| must be cleansed with an antiseptic preparation to reduce the number of pathogens | Surgical sites |
| Ethyl chloride is highly flammable, it should never be used with/ | Electrical cauterizing equipment |
| local anesthetics are injected into the? | Subcutaneous tissue |
| Same suffix -caine, most frequently used lidocaine (xylocaine) Nesacaine and Sensorcaine | Local Anesthetics |
| Pt who find injection of anesthetics painful or traumatic may? | Spray with tropical anesthetic |
| Local anesthetics act with? | 5 to 15 minutes |
| Anesthesia usually last from? | 1 to 3 hours |
| Epinephrine causes | vasoconstriction |
| AgNO3 | Silver nitrate |
| Allows the suture to be cut and removed without trauma to the wound | hooked shape instrument |
| has a flat, blunt tip that can slide under the bandage without damaging the skin | Bandage scissors |
| used to withdraw fluids from cavities or for draining and irrigation with a catheter | a Trocar |
| used to find foreign bodies embedded in dermal tissue or muscle or trace a wound tract | A probe |
| used to lock an instrument into position | Ratchets |
| long slender tips are used during nose or ear procedures | Bayonet forceps |
| has a narrow tip for picking up material | Splinter forceps |
| used to drape the patient (sharp clamps on a towel) | Towel forceps |
| valves that are used to spread open tissue for visualization | Specula |
| used to clap small vessels or hold tissue | Hemostat |
| Used to grasp a suture needle | Needle holders |
| Has a fine tip for foreign object retrieval | Splinter forceps |
| used to insert packing into or remove objects from deep cavities | Plain thumb forceps (dressing) |
| used to grasp tissue muscle or skin surrounding a wound | Allis tissue forceps |
| used to hold gauze squares to sponge the surgical site | Forester sponge forceps |
| used to arrange items on a sterile tray | Transfer forceps |
| have a grooved tip that can slide under the suture material without traumatizing the wound | Suture removal scissors |
| strong and has a high degree of elasticity | Nylon suture |
| 1.Bandage scissors 2.Operating (surgical) scissors 3.Littauer stitch or suture scissors 4. Disposable scalpels | Cutting and Dissecting |
| 1. Hemostat forceps 2.Needle holders 3.Splinter forceps 4.Adson forceps 5. Palin thumb (dressing) forceps | Grasping and clamping |
| Senn retractor | Retractors |
| 1.probes 2.Trocars and obturators 3.Specula 4.Nasal specula | Probes and Dilators |
| 1. forester sponge forceps 2.placenta forceps 3.Bozeman Uterine dressing forceps 4.Endo cervical curette 5.Sims uterine curette 6.Schroeder uterine tenaculum 7. long allis forceps 8. Schroeder uterine tenaculum forceps | Gynecologic instrument's |