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 |