Medical Assistant Ch. 9 and 10

Ch.9

100

• The most common clamping instruments?

What are Hemostats 

200

• The skin cleaning product that is used preoperatively on the patient’s surgical site as a way to reduce the number of pathogens?

What is Antiseptic 

300

• The type of laboratory that analyzes all tissues removed or biopsied from a patient?

What is pathology 

400

• How surgical instruments generally classified?

What is by use

500

• The type of surgical instrument that is used to hold tissue away from the surgical wound (incision)?

What is a retractor

Ch.9

100

• The type of arrangement that has the instruments needed for each particular examination organized and set out?

What is tray set up

200

• The word that describes the complete destruction of microorganisms?

What is surgical asepsis 

300

• The type of sterilization method that uses moist heat and pressure to achieve sterilization?

What is autoclave method

400

• The part of the cleansing process that removes organic material and reduces the number of microorganisms to a safe level?

What is sanitization 

500

•  An example of a ring-handled instrument?

What are scissors 

Ch.10

100

 The first phase of wound healing or repair

What is hemostasis 

200

The type of surgical procedure that involves the use of a very low temperature probe to destroy tissue by freezing it on contact?

What is cryosurgery 

300

The phase of wound healing that tissues repair themselves and the wounds continue to contract and seal

What is proliferation 

400

To maintain a sterile field, at what level sterile gloved hands be kept?

What is waist

500

When assisting a physician in surgery, how should instruments be passed so the provider does not have to look up?

What is firmly 

Ch.10

100

•  The type of surgery that consist of a miniature camera mounted on a flexible tube with an optical system and a light source that is used to examine the area inside an organ or a cavity

What is endoscopy 

200

The type of wound that does not have an outward opening, but the underlying tissues are damaged

What is closed 

300

The point in time in which opened materials that have been exposed to air are considered non-sterile

What is 10 minutes 

400

The word that refers to the drape that has an opening in the middle for access to the surgical field 

What is fenestrated 

500

•  In regards to preforming a surgical procedure, when should the provider get informed consent from the patient

What is pre-procedure 

Abbreviations

100

HTN

What is hypertension 

200

AC

What is before meals

300

SOB

What is short of breath

400

STAT

What is immediately 

500

RX

What is prescription