Medical Terminology
Create an opening
What is -otomy?
Instrumentation with gold rings signifies
What is tungston carbide?
The amount of weight (breaking load) necessary to break a suture (breaking strength).
What is tensile strength?
surgical repair
What is plasty
Cutting ringed instrument, used on delicate tissue. Often found on Small and Major Lap trays.
What is metzenbaum scissors?
The preferred suture for anastomosis
What is silk?
Everything inside an envelope folded item is sterile except?
What is the 1 inch border?
Can be used for drapes or as small bone reduction clamps.
What is penetrating towel clamps?
the suffix meaning suture or surgical repair
What is rrhaphy?
The part of a draped table that is considered sterile.
What is the top?
surgical puncture
What is centesis?
The most commonly used hemostatic instrument.
What is a hemostat?
Disclosure of private info concerning a patient
What is invasion of privacy, violation of HIPPA?
A single use titanium blade attached to a handpiece and portable generator.
What is an ultrasonic harmonic scalpel?
The ability of the suture to transmit fluid along its strand
What is capillarity?
This is the correct way to open a basin in a ring stand in sterile attire?
What is toward you, sides left and right, and away from body?