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Ch. 10 Vocab
Due: July 13th
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Medical
Undergraduate 2
07/01/2010

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Aperture
Definition
An opening
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Bipolar Electrosurgery
Definition
Both active electrode and return electrode functions are performed at the site of surgery. The two tines of the forceps perform the active and return electrode functions. Only the tissue grasped is included in the electrical circuit. Because the return function is performed by one tine of the forceps, no patient return electrode is needed
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Capillary Action
Definition
Action by which liquid travels along an established path; often used in reference to suture in which infectious fluid travels along the length of the suture strand placed in a wound; also referred to as wicking
Term
Catheter
Definition
A hollow, cylindrical tube that allows for the removal of fluids or air from the body, injection of fluids, removal of obstruction from ducts, or intravascular monitoring; may be plain tipped or may contain a retention balloon.
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Cottonoid
Definition
Another name for neurosurgical sponge; used to protect delicate neutal tissue and to assist with hemostasis.
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Cryo-
Definition
Prefix or combining form meaning cold
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Drain
Definition
Hollow, cylindrical device that is used to evacuate air and/or fluids from a surgical wound; may be passive or active
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Scalpel
Definition
Another name for the surgical knife handle on which knife blades are attached
Term
Serrations
Definition
Grooves located on the jaws of surgical instruments that are either longitudinal, cross-hatched, or horizontal
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Stainless Steel
Definition
A type of metal that is a combination of carbon, chromium, iron and other metals; most often used in the manufacture of surgical instruments.
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Teeth
Definition
Small projections from the tip of the jaw of certain surgical instruments; used to aid in grasping tissue or vessels.
Term
Ureteral
Definition
Pertaining to the ureters that exit the kidney and transport urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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Urethral
Definition
Pertaining to the urethra, which travels from the bladder to the exterior of the body.
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fenestration
Definition
Opening
Term
insufflation
Definition
Forcing powder, gas, or vapor into a body cavity
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irrigation
Definition
Washing with steam of fluid
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magnification
Definition
Process of enlarging the size of an object with the use of a device such as a microscope.
Term
monopolar cautery
Definition
Monopolar electrocautery in which the electrical circuit completes a path from the generator, to the patient, and the back again to the generator.
Term
pneumatic
Definition
Pertaining to the air
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resistance
Definition
Opposing or counteracting force; a force that delays or impedes action
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retract
Definition
To draw back; to expose
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