Med/Surg Root Operations

Question 1

Alteration

Answer 1

Modifying the anatomical structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

Question 2

Bypass

Answer 2

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Question 3

Change

Answer 3

Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane

Question 4

Control

Answer 4

Stopping, or attempting to stop, postprocedural or other acute bleeding

Question 5

Creation

Answer 5

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material to form a new body part

Question 6

Destruction

Answer 6

Eradicating all or a portion of a body part by the use of energy, force or a destructive agent

Question 7

Detachment

Answer 7

Cutting off all or a portion of an extremity

Question 8

Dilation

Answer 8

Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Question 9

Division

Answer 9

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids, etc. in order to separate or transect a body part

Question 10

Drainage

Answer 10

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

Question 11

Excision

Answer 11

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

Question 12

Extirpation

Answer 12

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

Question 13

Extraction

Answer 13

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

Question 14

Fragmentation

Answer 14

Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces

Question 15

Fusion

Answer 15

Joining together portions of an articular body part rendering the articular body part immobile

Question 16

Insertion

Answer 16

Putting in a nonbiological device that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

Question 17

Inspection

Answer 17

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Question 18

Map

Answer 18

Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part

Question 19

Occlusion

Answer 19

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Question 20

Reattachment

Answer 20

Putting back in or in all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

Question 21

Release

Answer 21

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force

Question 22

Removal

Answer 22

Raking out or off a device from a body part

Question 23

Repair

Answer 23

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomical structure and function

Question 24

Replacement

Answer 24

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place of all or a portion of a body part

Question 25

Reposition

Answer 25

Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part

Question 26

Resection

Answer 26

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

Question 27

Restriction

Answer 27

Partially closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Question 28

Revision

Answer 28

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

Question 29

Supplement

Answer 29

Putting in or in a biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

Question 30

Transfer

Answer 30

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

Question 31

Transplantation

Answer 31

Putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar body part