Bonewit Chapter 10 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
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 |
Created by:
AlyssaSearls
Popular Medical sets