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