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Minor Surgery
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health-sciences
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surgery
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A definite pathologic process having a descriptive set of signs and symptoms
DISEASE
PATHOGENS
PERMEABLE
ETHYL CHLORIDE
2. Producing of purulent material
ABSCESS
SUPPURATION
RESIDENT BACTERIA
COAGULUM
3. A thick walled cell formed within bacteria; capable of releasing a toxin
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
SPORE
COAGULUM
PATHOGENS
4. Inanimate object
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
ETHYL CHLORIDE
FOMITE
ABSCESS
5. Small sample of tissue excised from the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
ASEPSIS
BIOPSY
APPROXIMATION
LIDOCAINE
6. Destruction of pathogens by chemical or physical means
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
ABSCESS
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
DISINFECTION
7. Reducing the number of microorganisms to a safe level
POLYPS
SANITIZATION
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
IODOFORM GAUZE
8. Sac of fluid or semisolid material located in or under the skin
AVULSION
BACTERIOCIDE
SUPPURATION
CYST
9. Formation of an opening into the sclera
LESION
BIOPSY
ABSCESS
SCLEROSTOMY
10. Tumors frequently found in mucous membranes
POLYPS
SCLEROSTOMY
STERILE FIELD
ASEPSIS
11. Able to be passed or soaked through
POLYPS
DEBRIDEMENT
VIRULENT
PERMEABLE
12. Medication which produces a loss of sensation in a localized area
IRRIGATION
IODOFORM GAUZE
CONTUSION
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
13. Abnormal - tube-like passage within the body tissues
RESIDENT BACTERIA
ACUTE
FOMITE
FISTULA
14. Substance that renders microorganisms harmless
COAGULUM
FURUNCLE
ANTISEPTIC
IODOFORM GAUZE
15. Unaffected person who can transmit infection to another person
CARRIER
IODOFORM GAUZE
NEEDLE HOLDERS
SPORE
16. Aseptic cleaning aftert use in the body
TOXIN
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
BACTERIOCIDE
17. Blood clot
CHRONIC
STERILIZATION
COAGULUM
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
18. Wound made from the piercing of the skin with a pointed object
PUNCTURE WOUND
INFECTION
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
BACTERIOCIDE
19. Any infectious agent that produces pathogenic effects
VIRULENT
LITTAUER SUTURE SCISSORS
SCLEROSTOMY
VECTOR
20. Tissue forcibly torn away or seperated from the body
LITTAUER SUTURE SCISSORS
LIDOCAINE
AVULSION
FOMITE
21. Instruments with teeth - used to grasp tissue
ANTISEPTIC
TISSUE FORCEPS
FOMITE
DISEASE
22. Sterilization before use in the body
PERMEABLE
SEBACEOUS CYST
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
INFILTRATION
23. Rubbing or scraping of the skin or mucous membranes
ABRASION
MICROORGANISMS
COAGULUM
CONTUSION
24. Blockage of an oil gland causing a cyst
IRRIGATION
FURUNCLE
HEMATOMA
SEBACEOUS CYST
25. Scraping a body cavity with a curette
AVULSION
CARRIER
CURETTAGE
DISINFECTION
26. Topical anesthetic
STERILE FIELD
ETHYL CHLORIDE
TOXIN
POLYPS
27. Any surface containing sterile items
STERILE FIELD
TISSUE FORCEPS
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
INFILTRATION
28. Agent that destroys pathogenic bacteria
SUPPURATION
CHRONIC
BACTERIOCIDE
STERILIZATION
29. Surgical stitch that must be removed from the body
PERMEABLE
DEBRIDEMENT
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
POLYPS
30. Wound - sore - ulcer - tumor - or any tramatic tissue damage that causes a lack of tissue continuity or loss of function
CHRONIC
CONTUSION
ABRASION
LESION
31. Sugical stitch that is left in the body; will absorb
CHRONIC
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
32. Medication given to a patient to produce unconsciousness
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
CHRONIC
33. A poisonous substance produced by pathogenic bacteria
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
SEBACEOUS CYST
TOXIN
FOMITE
34. Surface bacteria that are introduced by fomites and remain with you for a short time
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
FISTULA
DISINFECTION
POLYPS
35. Having a rapid onset and severe symptoms - usually subsiding within a relatively short period of time
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
ACUTE
BACTERIOCIDE
BIOPSY
36. Soiled through contact with nonsterile materials
DISINFECTION
IRRIGATION
BIOPSY
COMTAMINATION
37. Flushing of a cavity or wound with a solution
IRRIGATION
COMTAMINATION
VIRULENT
STERILE FIELD
38. Bringing together skin or wound edges
APPROXIMATION
ABSCESS
DEBRIDEMENT
FURUNCLE
39. Slender strips of gauze covered with iodine; used as a wick to drain infection
COMTAMINATION
BIOPSY
PUNCTURE WOUND
IODOFORM GAUZE
40. Instrument used to clamp blood vessels
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
INCISION
HEMOSTAT
IRRIGATION
41. Persisting for a long period of time
INCISION
CHRONIC
FURUNCLE
DISEASE
42. Complete destruction of all forms of microbial life
STERILIZATION
MICROORGANISMS
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
INFILTRATION
43. Surgical removal of damaged - diseased or contaminated tissue
BACTERIOCIDE
ASEPSIS
DEBRIDEMENT
INCISION
44. Microscopic living organisms
COAGULUM
MICROORGANISMS
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
45. Injecting medication into the skin
INFILTRATION
NEEDLE HOLDERS
COAGULUM
AVULSION
46. Instruments used to place sutures in the body
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
POLYPS
NEEDLE HOLDERS
CHRONIC
47. Wound with neat - clean edges
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
INCISION
FOMITE
FISTULA
48. Boil
TOXIN
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
FURUNCLE
HEMATOMA
49. Bruise
FOMITE
CONTUSION
SEBACEOUS CYST
TISSUE FORCEPS
50. Bacteria found under the fingernails - in hair follicles - and in the opening of sebaceous glands - and in the deeper layers of the skin
DISEASE
PUNCTURE WOUND
RESIDENT BACTERIA
SPORE