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Minor 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. Aseptic cleaning aftert use in the body






2. Boil






3. Bringing together skin or wound edges






4. Tissue forcibly torn away or seperated from the body






5. Sac of fluid or semisolid material located in or under the skin






6. Medication which produces a loss of sensation in a localized area






7. Any infectious agent that produces pathogenic effects






8. Scissors used to remove sutures






9. Local anesthetic






10. Topical anesthetic






11. Having a rapid onset and severe symptoms - usually subsiding within a relatively short period of time






12. Sugical stitch that is left in the body; will absorb






13. Abnormal - tube-like passage within the body tissues






14. Absence of contaminated materials






15. Flushing of a cavity or wound with a solution






16. Disease producing microorganisms






17. Wound with neat - clean edges






18. Surgical stitch that must be removed from the body






19. Substance that renders microorganisms harmless






20. Instruments with teeth - used to grasp tissue






21. Instrument used to clamp blood vessels






22. Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues causing injury and damage to the tissues






23. Flea - mice - other rodents






24. Formation of an opening into the sclera






25. Instruments used to place sutures in the body






26. Bacteria found under the fingernails - in hair follicles - and in the opening of sebaceous glands - and in the deeper layers of the skin






27. Wound made from the piercing of the skin with a pointed object






28. Small sample of tissue excised from the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes






29. A definite pathologic process having a descriptive set of signs and symptoms






30. Rubbing or scraping of the skin or mucous membranes






31. Able to be passed or soaked through






32. Destruction of pathogens by chemical or physical means






33. Agent that destroys pathogenic bacteria






34. Inanimate object






35. Tumors frequently found in mucous membranes






36. Medication given to a patient to produce unconsciousness






37. Sterilization before use in the body






38. Unaffected person who can transmit infection to another person






39. Any surface containing sterile items






40. Reducing the number of microorganisms to a safe level






41. Wound with jagged - irregular edges






42. Scraping a body cavity with a curette






43. A poisonous substance produced by pathogenic bacteria






44. Blockage of an oil gland causing a cyst






45. A thick walled cell formed within bacteria; capable of releasing a toxin






46. Localized collection of blood under the skin






47. Slender strips of gauze covered with iodine; used as a wick to drain infection






48. Wound - sore - ulcer - tumor - or any tramatic tissue damage that causes a lack of tissue continuity or loss of function






49. Microscopic living organisms






50. Localized collection of pus that may be located under the skin or deep within the body