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