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ST-106 Week 1 Terms
Terminology
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Health Care
Professional
09/30/2010

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Undermine
Definition
To separate tissue layers on a vertical plane using dissecting scissors
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Bifurcation
Definition
A tube, duct, or other hollow structure that forms a Y split
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Points
Definition
The tips of a surgical instrument
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Cutting Instruments
Definition
Instruments with a sharp edge that is used to cut and dissect tissue.  This group includes scissors, scalpels, osteotomes, curettes, chisels, biopsy punches, saws, drills, and needles
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Friable
Definition
Tissue that tears or fragments easily 
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Dilators
Definition
Graduated, smooth instruments that are used to increase the diameter or an anatomical opening in tissue.
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Boggy
Definition

Characteristic of diseased tissue

Soft, Doughy

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Chisel
Definition
An orthopedic instrument used to slice bone; one side is straight and the other is beveled
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Shank
Definition
The area of a surgical instrument between the box lock and the finger ring
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Curettage
Definition
The removal of tissue by scraping with a surgical curette
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Transect
Definition
To divide an organ by sharp dissection
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Elevator
Definition
A non-hinged sharp or dull-tipped instrument.  An elevator is used to separate tissues or to bluntly remodel tissue
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Box Lock
Definition
The hinge point of many surgical instruments
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Floor Grade Instruments
Definition
Surgical instruments manufactured from inferior metal that can bend and break easily.  Fittings & joints are poor quality
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Gouge
Definition
A V-shaped bone chisel
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Honed
Definition
Sharpened
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Hemostat
Definition
A surgical clamp most often used to occlude blood vessels
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Serosa
Definition
The delicate outer covering of most organs
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Rongeur
Definition
A hinged instrument with sharp, cup shaped tips that is used to extract pieces of bone or other connective tissue.
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Histology
Definition
The study of the structure of tissue
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