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