Medical Terminology
Surgical Asepsis
What am I?
Pharmacology & Anesthesia
"All the things"
What Suture?
History Expert?
100
This abbreviation means "nothing by mouth"
NPO
100
The most reliable means of monitoring the effectiveness of the sterilizer that ensures sterilization parameters have been met is?
What is Biological monitoring
100
What is Metzenbaum scissor
100
One cc is equal to this
What is 1 ML
100
The CST credential is currently good for this many years
What is 2 years
100
Suture material made of a single thread
What is a monofilament
100
In the 17th century, barbers were trained to remove this and cut hair
What is teeth
200
Meaning of -ectomy
What is surgical excision of
200
Items that contact sterile tissue and must be sterilized area considered
What is Critical
200
What is a schnidt tonsil clamp
200
A method of anesthesia in which medication is injected into the subarachnoid space affecting a portion of the spinal cord
What is a spinal block
200
These carbide inserts in needle holders prevent the needle from slipping or rotating.
What is Tungsten
200
A non-absorbable suture routinely used on bowel anastomosis
What is silk
200
This medication was originally used to kill rats by causing bleeding
What is coumadin or Warfarin
300
Surgical Puncture
What is centesis
300
This is the correct way to move around another sterile person.
What is front to front or back to back
300
What is a pennington clamp
300
Causes constriction to local blood vessels, yet can increase rate and force of heart contractions if different injection route used
What is epinephrine
300
This is the pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA node
300
Twisted multifilament structure with a monofilament appearance made from submucosal layers of small intestine
What is Chromic
300
This individual created vaccines to rabies and anthrax as well as developing a process for killing bacteria in milk
Louis Pasteur
400
Dyskinesia
What is difficulty in movement
400
Steam Sterilization is ineffective with this type of pathogen
What is a Prion
400
What is a Harrington (sweetheart) retractor
400
the 3 main phases of anesthesia
What is induction, maintenance, and emergence
400
This term means Cell "eating"
What is Phagocytosis
400
This non-absorbable suture has a wide variety of sizes from 2 to 10-0 with multiple needle sizes and may even be double armed
What is Prolene
400
This medication was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of the cinchona tree that treats malaria
What is quinine
500
The four key pieces to medical terminology
What are prefix, root word, suffix, and combining vowel
500
A chemical agent used to inhibit growth of microorganisms on skin and mucous membranes
What is an antiseptic
500
A specialized scissor used for sharp dissection of delicate vascular tissue
What is a Potts Scissor
500
Irritation of vocal cords that can diminish breathing capabilities
What is laryngospasm
500
These are the steps to renew CST certification
What is submit 30 continuing education credits to AST & submit renewal application to NBSTSA
500
These types of sutures are used when the wound will not heal properly
What is retention sutures
500
The first public dissection of a human body in Scotland took place in 1702 at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. This dissection was used to teach anatomy to surgeons in training.
This was the only legal way to obtain a dead human body for dissection.
What is an executed criminal