Shared Flashcard Set

Details

FULLERS CH. 22
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
26
Medical
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2012

Additional Medical Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
BIFURCATION
Definition
A TUBE, DUCT, OR OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURE THAT FORMS A Y SPLIT.
Term
BOGGY
Definition
SOFT, DOUGHY; A CHARACTERISTIC OF DISEASED TISSUE
Term
BOX LOCK
Definition
THE HINGE POINT OF MANY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Term
CHISEL
Definition
AN ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENT USED TO SLICE BONE; ONE SIDE IS STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER IS BEVELED.
Term
CLAMP
Definition
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO OCCLUDE OR TO HOLD TISSUE, OBJECTS, OR FABRIC BETWEEN ITS JAWS.
Term
CURETTAGE
Definition
THE REMOVAL OF TISSUE BY SCRAPING WITH A SURGICAL CURETTE.
Term
CUTTING INSTRUMENTS
Definition
INSTRUMENTS WITH A SHARP EDGE THAT IS USED TO CUT AND DISSECT TISSUE.  THIS GROUP INCLUDES SCISSORS, SCAPLELS, OSTEOTOMES, CURETTES CHISELS, BIOPSY PUNCHES, SAWS, DRILLS, AND NEEDLES. 
Term
DILATORS
Definition
GRADUATED, SMOOTH INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE USED TO INCREASE THE DIAMETER OF AN ANATOMICAL OPENING IN TISSUE.
Term
DOUBLE-ACTION RONGEUR
Definition
A CUTTING INSTRUMENT WITH TWO HINGES IN THE MIDDLE. 
Term
ELEVATOR
Definition
A NONHINGED SHARP OR DULL-TIPPED INSTRUMENT.  IT IS USED TO SEPERATE TISSUES OR TO BLUNTLY REMODEL TISSUE.
Term
FLOOR GRADE INSTRUMENTS
Definition
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURED FROM INFERIOR METAL THAT CAN BEND AND BREAK EASILY.  FITTINGS AND JOINTS ARE POORLY CONSTRUCTED AND FITTINGS ARE POOR QUALITY.
Term
FRIABLE
Definition
TEARING OR FRAGMENTING EASILY WHEN HANDLED (TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS).
Term
FULCRUM
Definition
THE AREA ON AN INSTRUMENT WHERE THE LEVER MOVES.
Term
GOUGE
Definition
A V-SHAPED BONE CHISEL.
Term
HEMOSTAT
Definition
A SURGICAL CLAMP MOST OFTEN USED TO OCCLUDE A BLOOD VESSEL.
Term
HISTOLOGY
Definition
THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF TISSUE.
Term
HONED
Definition
SHARPENED.
Term
MIXTER CLAMP
Definition
A TYPE OF HEMOSTAT WITH A STRAIGHT SHANK AND A RIGHT-ANGLE TIP.
Term
POINTS
Definition
THE TIPS OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT.
Term
RONGEUR
Definition
A HINGED INSTRUMENT WITH  SHARP, CUP-SHAPED TIPS THAT IS USED TO EXTRACT PIECES OF BONE OR OTHER CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
Term
SEROSA
Definition
THE DELICATE OUTER LAYER OF TISSUE OF MOST ORGANS.
Term
SHANK
Definition
THE AREA OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BETWEEN THE BOX LOCK AND THE FINGER RING.
Term
SINGLE ACTION RONGEUR
Definition
A CUTTING INSTRUMENT THAT HAS ONE HINGE.
Term
TENACULUM
Definition
A GRASPING INSTRUMENT WITH SHARP POINTED TIPS, GENERALLY USED TO MANIPULATE OR GRASP TISSUE SUCH AS THE THYROID OR CERVIX.
Term
TRANSECT
Definition
TO DIVIDE AN ORGAN BY SHARP DISSECTION.
Term
UNDERMINE
Definition
TO SEPARATE TISSUES LAYERS ON A VERTICAL PLANE USING DISSECTION SCISSORS.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!