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Minor Surgery

Instructions:
  • 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. Wound with neat - clean edges






2. Able to be passed or soaked through






3. Soiled through contact with nonsterile materials






4. Reducing the number of microorganisms to a safe level






5. Instruments used to place sutures in the body






6. Scissors used to remove sutures






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






8. Injecting medication into the skin






9. Flea - mice - other rodents






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






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






12. Flushing of a cavity or wound with a solution






13. Unaffected person who can transmit infection to another person






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






15. Bruise






16. Sterilization before use in the body






17. Rubbing or scraping of the skin or mucous membranes






18. Blockage of an oil gland causing a cyst






19. Topical anesthetic






20. Instrument used to clamp blood vessels






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






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






23. Bringing together skin or wound edges






24. Substance that burns or destroys organic tissue






25. Wound with jagged - irregular edges






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






27. Medication given to a patient to produce unconsciousness






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






29. Tumors frequently found in mucous membranes






30. Aseptic cleaning aftert use in the body






31. Local anesthetic






32. Microscopic living organisms






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






34. Inanimate object






35. Surface bacteria that are introduced by fomites and remain with you for a short time






36. Tissue forcibly torn away or seperated from the body






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






38. Any infectious agent that produces pathogenic effects






39. Substance that renders microorganisms harmless






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






41. Persisting for a long period of time






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






43. Formation of an opening into the sclera






44. Instruments with teeth - used to grasp tissue






45. Localized collection of blood under the skin






46. Absence of contaminated materials






47. Producing of purulent material






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






49. Agent that destroys pathogenic bacteria






50. Surgical removal of damaged - diseased or contaminated tissue