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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Inanimate object
RESIDENT BACTERIA
FOMITE
COAGULUM
ACUTE
2. Surgical stitch that must be removed from the body
CAUSTIC
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
DEBRIDEMENT
HEMOSTAT
3. A definite pathologic process having a descriptive set of signs and symptoms
BACTERIOCIDE
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
DEBRIDEMENT
DISEASE
4. Medication given to a patient to produce unconsciousness
INFILTRATION
IODOFORM GAUZE
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
INFECTION
5. Surface bacteria that are introduced by fomites and remain with you for a short time
COAGULUM
SPORE
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
PATHOGENS
6. Disease producing microorganisms
TOXIN
CYST
PATHOGENS
COAGULUM
7. Formation of an opening into the sclera
SCLEROSTOMY
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
ACUTE
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
8. Substance that burns or destroys organic tissue
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
INCISION
CAUSTIC
9. Flea - mice - other rodents
LIDOCAINE
PATHOGENS
VECTOR
BACTERIOCIDE
10. Sugical stitch that is left in the body; will absorb
BACTERIOCIDE
COAGULUM
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
11. Surgical removal of damaged - diseased or contaminated tissue
PATHOGENS
LIDOCAINE
DEBRIDEMENT
CYST
12. Blockage of an oil gland causing a cyst
TISSUE FORCEPS
INFILTRATION
SEBACEOUS CYST
HEMOSTAT
13. Scissors used to remove sutures
CURETTAGE
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
TOXIN
LITTAUER SUTURE SCISSORS
14. Agent that destroys pathogenic bacteria
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
LITTAUER SUTURE SCISSORS
DISEASE
BACTERIOCIDE
15. Unaffected person who can transmit infection to another person
RESIDENT BACTERIA
MICROORGANISMS
CARRIER
CYST
16. Tissue forcibly torn away or seperated from the body
DISEASE
LACERATION
AVULSION
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
17. Flushing of a cavity or wound with a solution
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
IRRIGATION
ANTISEPTIC
VECTOR
18. Having a rapid onset and severe symptoms - usually subsiding within a relatively short period of time
MICROORGANISMS
ACUTE
CURETTAGE
NEEDLE HOLDERS
19. Medication which produces a loss of sensation in a localized area
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
ANTISEPTIC
VIRULENT
TRANSIENT BACTERIA
20. Absence of contaminated materials
ASEPSIS
ABSCESS
PUNCTURE WOUND
LACERATION
21. Able to be passed or soaked through
NEEDLE HOLDERS
ANTISEPTIC
VIRULENT
PERMEABLE
22. Soiled through contact with nonsterile materials
ABSCESS
HEMATOMA
APPROXIMATION
COMTAMINATION
23. Small sample of tissue excised from the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
INFILTRATION
ANTISEPTIC
BIOPSY
24. Reducing the number of microorganisms to a safe level
SANITIZATION
VECTOR
IODOFORM GAUZE
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
25. A poisonous substance produced by pathogenic bacteria
STERILIZATION
TOXIN
COAGULUM
FISTULA
26. Any surface containing sterile items
SCLEROSTOMY
ABRASION
CHRONIC
STERILE FIELD
27. Microscopic living organisms
HEMATOMA
LESION
SEBACEOUS CYST
MICROORGANISMS
28. Wound with jagged - irregular edges
LACERATION
APPROXIMATION
MICROORGANISMS
COAGULUM
29. Wound made from the piercing of the skin with a pointed object
PUNCTURE WOUND
DEBRIDEMENT
BACTERIOCIDE
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
30. Tumors frequently found in mucous membranes
INFILTRATION
COMTAMINATION
LESION
POLYPS
31. Any infectious agent that produces pathogenic effects
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
NEEDLE HOLDERS
VIRULENT
POLYPS
32. Localized collection of pus that may be located under the skin or deep within the body
ABSCESS
ABRASION
PERMEABLE
AVULSION
33. Bruise
INCISION
CAUSTIC
CONTUSION
ACUTE
34. Destruction of pathogens by chemical or physical means
STERILE FIELD
ACUTE
DISINFECTION
VECTOR
35. Wound - sore - ulcer - tumor - or any tramatic tissue damage that causes a lack of tissue continuity or loss of function
LESION
STERILE FIELD
HEMOSTAT
LITTAUER SUTURE SCISSORS
36. Local anesthetic
GENERAL ANESTHETIC
HEMOSTAT
FURUNCLE
LIDOCAINE
37. Wound with neat - clean edges
ABSCESS
SANITIZATION
INCISION
FURUNCLE
38. Sterilization before use in the body
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
TISSUE FORCEPS
PATHOGENS
AVULSION
39. Sac of fluid or semisolid material located in or under the skin
INFECTION
CYST
LACERATION
CHRONIC
40. Scraping a body cavity with a curette
LIDOCAINE
CURETTAGE
LACERATION
HEMATOMA
41. Instruments with teeth - used to grasp tissue
TISSUE FORCEPS
PUNCTURE WOUND
AVULSION
LESION
42. Instruments used to place sutures in the body
RESIDENT BACTERIA
AVULSION
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
NEEDLE HOLDERS
43. Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues causing injury and damage to the tissues
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
SEBACEOUS CYST
INFECTION
ETHYL CHLORIDE
44. Abnormal - tube-like passage within the body tissues
COMTAMINATION
VIRULENT
FISTULA
HEMOSTAT
45. Blood clot
IRRIGATION
INFECTION
SCLEROSTOMY
COAGULUM
46. Localized collection of blood under the skin
HEMATOMA
STERILE FIELD
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
ACUTE
47. Instrument used to clamp blood vessels
SEBACEOUS CYST
PUNCTURE WOUND
CURETTAGE
HEMOSTAT
48. Boil
STERILE FIELD
CONTUSION
BACTERIOCIDE
FURUNCLE
49. A thick walled cell formed within bacteria; capable of releasing a toxin
SUPPURATION
STERILE FIELD
SPORE
CAUSTIC
50. Persisting for a long period of time
ACUTE
IRRIGATION
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
CHRONIC