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Bonewit Chapter 10
Minor Office Surgery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a wound in which the oute rlayers of the skin are damages; a scrape | abrasion |
| a collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflamed tissue | abscess |
| suture material that is gradually digested by tissue enzymes and absorbed by the body | absorbable suture |
| the process of bringing two part, such as tissue, together though the use of sutures or other means | approximation |
| a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body | bandage |
| the surgical removal and examination of tissue from the living body. generally performed to determine whether a tumor is benign or malignang | biopsy |
| the action that caused liquit to rise along a wick, a tube or a gauze dressing | capillary action |
| a lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix | colposcope |
| as it relates to sterile technique, to cause a steril object or surface to become unsterile. | contamination |
| an injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissues; a bruise | contusion |
| the therapeutic use of freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissue | cryosurgery |
| a discharge produced by the body's tissues | exudate |
| an immature cell from which connective tissue can develop | fibroblast |
| a two-pronged instrument for grasping and squeezing | forceps |
| a localized staphylococcal infection that originates deep within a hair follicle, AKA a boil | furuncle |
| the arrest of bleeding by natural or artificial means | hemotasis |
| a clean cut caused by a cutting instrument | incision |
| the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invated by a pathogen | infection |
| the process by which a substance passes into and is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue, or organ | infiltration |
| a protective response of the body to trauma and the entrance of foreign matter. the purpose is to destroy invading MOs and to repai injured tissue | inflammation |
| a wound in chich the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and irregular edges. | laceration |
| to tie off and close a structure such as a severed blood vesselo | ligate |
| a drug that produces a loss of feeling and an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body | local anesthetic |
| a broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand and used to hold sterile instruments and supplies when it has been covered with a sterile towel | mayo tray |
| a type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle though the skin | needle biopsy |
| suture material that is not absorbed by the body and either remains permanently in the body tissue and becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or its removed | nonabsorbable suture |
| after a surgical operation | postoperative |
| preceding a surgical operation | preoperative |
| a wound made by a sharp pointed object piercing the skin | puncture |
| a surgical knife used to divide tissue | scalpel |
| a cutting instrument | scissors |
| a thin, closed sac or vapsule that contains fatty secreations from a sebaceous gland | sebaceous cyst |
| the clear, straw-colored part of the blood that remains after the solid elements have been separated out of it | serum |
| free of all living MOs and bacterial spores | sterile |
| practives that keep objects and areas sterile or free from Mos | surgical asepsis |
| material use to approximate tissue with surgical stitches | sutures |
| a needle with suturing material permanently attached to its end | swaged needle |
| a break in the continuity of an external or internal surface caused by physical means | wound |
| the visual examination of the bagina and cervix using a coloscope. | coloscopy |
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