anatomy
Another name for nevus.
What is a mole?
Deadliest form of skin cancer.
What is malignant melanoma?
Procedure that removes apron of excess abdominal tissue.
What is panniculectomy?
Surgical repair of eyelid.
What is blepharoplasty?
Surgeon who performed the first rotational nasal flaps over 2000 years ago.
Who is Shusruta?
Layers of skin included in split thickness skin graft
What are epidermis and a portion of dermis?
Fused digits.
What is syndactyly?
Type of flap completely separated from blood supply.
What is a free flap?
What is rhytidectomy?
according to the rule of 9's, the percentage of total body surface taken up by the chest.
What is 18%?
Lower abdomen redundant skin and fat.
What is a panniculus?
Micrographic skin surgery in which excised tissue is cut into quadrants.
What is MOHS surgery?
Skin graft taken from another species.
What is a heterograft?
dermis and epidermis are part of this body system.
What is the integumentary system?
Number of degree classifications of skin burns.
What is 4?
STSG is placed on this item dermis side down.
What is a derma-carrier?
process of removing necrotic tissue or eschar prior to skin grafting.
What is debridement?
Procedure that includes repair of "cupid's bow".
What is Cheiloplasty?
Degree of burn that destroys all layers of the skin and includes the subcutaneous tissue
What is third?
tumescent solution is prepared for this procedure.
What is liposuction?
procedure that includes harvesting abdominal skin, tissue, and muscle for breast reconstruction.
What is TRAM flap?