Chapter 4: Surgical Terms (Word Parts)

Question 1

biopsy

BĪ-op-sē

Answer 1

view of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)

Question 2

dermatoautoplasty

der-ma-tō-AW-tō-plas-tē

Answer 2

surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft) (also called autograft)

Question 3

dermatoheteroplasty

der-ma-tō-HET-er-ō-plas-tē

Answer 3

surgical repair using skin from others (skin graft) (also call allograft)

Question 4

dermatome

DER-ma-tōm

Answer 4

instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)

Question 5

dermatoplasty

DER-ma-tō-plas-tē

Answer 5

surgical repair of the skin

Question 6

rhytidectomy

rit-i-DEK-to-mē

Answer 6

excision of wrinkles (also called facelift)

Question 7

rhytidoplasty

RIT-i-dō-plas-tē

Answer 7

surgical repair of wrinkles