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chapter 10
terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abrasion | a wound in which the outer layer of the skin are damaged;a scrape |
| abscess | a collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflammed tissue |
| absorbable suture | suture material that is fradually disgested by tissue enzymes and absorbed by the body. |
| approximation | the process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, togeather through the use od suture or other means |
| bandage | a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body |
| biopsy | the surgicla removal and examination of tissue from the living body. biopsies are generally performed to determine wheather a tumor is benign or malignant. |
| capillary action | the action that causes liquid to rise along a wick, a tube, or a gauze dressing. |
| colposcope | a lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix |
| colposcopy | the visual examination of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope |
| contaminate | as it relates to sterile technique, to cause a sterile object or surface to become unsterile |
| contusion | an injuryto the tissue under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissue;a bruise |
| cryosurgrey | the theraputic use of freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissues |
| exudate | a discharge produced by the bodys tissue |
| fibroblast | an immature cell from which connective tissue can develope |
| forceps | a two-pronged instrument for grasping ans squeezing |
| furuncle | a localized staphylococcal infection that oringinates deep within a hair follicle also known as a boil |
| hemostasis | the arrest of bleeding by natural ro artifical means |
| incision | a clean cut caused by a cutting instrument |
| infection | the condition in which the body, orpart of it, is invaded by a pathogen |
| infilation | the process by which a substance passes into and is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue, or organ |
| inflammation | a protective responce of the body to trauma and the entrance of foreign matter. the purpose of inflammation is to destroy invading microrgansims and to repair injured tissue |
| laceration | a wound in which the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and irregular edges |
| ligate | to tie off and close a structure such as a servered blood vessel |
| local ansthetic | a drug that produces a loss of feeling and inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body |
| mayo tray | a broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand and used to hold sterile instruments and supplies when it has been covered with sterile towel |
| needle biopsy | a type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle through the skin |
| nonabsorbable suture | suture material that is not absorbed by the body and either remains permanently in the body tissue and becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or is removed |
| postoperative | ater a surgical operation |
| preoperative | preceding a surgical operation |
| puncture | a wound made by a shapr pointed object piercing the skin |
| scalpel | a surgical knife used to divide tissue |
| scissors | a cutting instrument |
| sebacceous cyst | a thin, closed sac or capsule that contains fatty secretions from a sebaceous gland |
| serum | the clear, straw-colored part of the blood that remains after the solid elements have been seperated out of it |
| steile | free fropm all living microorganisms and bacterial spores |
| surgical asepsis | practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from microorgtamsims |
| sutures | material used to approximate tissues with surgical stiches |
| swaged needle | a needle with suturing material permanently attached to its end |
| wound | a break in the continuity of an externalv or inernal surface caused by physical means |
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