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Minor Surgery

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Any infectious agent that produces pathogenic effects






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






3. Microscopic living organisms






4. Instrument used to clamp blood vessels






5. Medication given to a patient to produce unconsciousness






6. Substance that burns or destroys organic tissue






7. Agent that destroys pathogenic bacteria






8. Absence of contaminated materials






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






10. Topical anesthetic






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






12. Scraping a body cavity with a curette






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






14. Flea - mice - other rodents






15. Boil






16. Bringing together skin or wound edges






17. Soiled through contact with nonsterile materials






18. Wound with jagged - irregular edges






19. Flushing of a cavity or wound with a solution






20. Wound with neat - clean edges






21. Inanimate object






22. Surgical removal of damaged - diseased or contaminated tissue






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






24. Bruise






25. Instruments used to place sutures in the body






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






27. Unaffected person who can transmit infection to another person






28. Destruction of pathogens by chemical or physical means






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






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






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






32. Rubbing or scraping of the skin or mucous membranes






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






34. A poisonous substance produced by pathogenic bacteria






35. Aseptic cleaning aftert use in the body






36. Blood clot






37. Instruments with teeth - used to grasp tissue






38. Localized collection of blood under the skin






39. Substance that renders microorganisms harmless






40. Local anesthetic






41. Able to be passed or soaked through






42. Formation of an opening into the sclera






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






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






45. Surgical stitch that must be removed from the body






46. Scissors used to remove sutures






47. Disease producing microorganisms






48. Any surface containing sterile items






49. Sterilization before use in the body






50. Tissue forcibly torn away or seperated from the body