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