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