Integumentary surgical terms built from word parts

Question 1

biopsy (bx)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

dermatoautoplasty

Answer 2

surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft)

Question 3

dermatoheteroplasty

Answer 3

surgical repair using skin from others (skin graft, allograft)

Question 4

dermatome

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

rhytidectomy

Answer 6

excision of wrinkles (facelift)

Question 7

rhytidoplasty

Answer 7

surgical repair of wrinkles