Exam 3-Surgical Terms

Question 1

Biopsy

Answer 1

View of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope) (Figure 4-8).

Question 2

Dermatoautoplasty

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Dermatoheteroplasty

Answer 3

Surgical repair using skin from others (skin graft) (also called allograft).

Question 4

Dermatone

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Dermatoplasty

Answer 5

Surgical repair of the skin

Question 6

Onychectomy

Answer 6

Excision of a nail

Question 7

Rhytidectomy

Answer 7

Excision of wrinkles (also called facelift)

Question 8

Rhytidoplasty

Answer 8

Surgical repair of wrinkles