Surgical Terminology Flashcards
LOSS OF FEELING OR SENSATION, MAY BE GENERAL, REGIONAL, LOCAL OR TOPICAL
ANESTHESIA
PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY
ANESTHESIOLOGIST
BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES ANESTHESIA AND ANESTHETIC AGENTS
ANESTHESIOLOGY
DRUG USED TO INDUCE ANESTHESIA
ANESTHETIC AGENT
NURSE TRAINED IN ADMINISTERING ANESTHETIC AGENTS
ANESTHETIST
ANESTHETIC AGENT INJECTED NEAR OR ALONG A NERVE PATH TO STOP NERVE IMPULSES TO THE AREA SUPPLIED BY THAT NERVE
BLOCK ANESTHESIA
ONE OF THE TWO LARGER AIR PASSAGES TO THE LUNGS BELOW THE TRACHEA
BRONCHUS
CLOTTING OF BLOOD
COAGULATION
INTRODUCTION OF GASEOUS MIXTURE INTO THE TRACHEA BY A TUBE TO PRODUCE ANESTHESIA
ENDOTRACHEAL INDUCTION
INJECTION OF ANESTHETIC INTO THE EPIDURAL SPACE OF THE SPINAL COLUMN
EPIDURAL BLACK
ANESTHESIA THAT PRODUCES LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITH AN ABSENCE OF PAIN SENSATION OVER THE ENTIRE BODY
GENERAL ANESTHESIA
SURGICAL CUT
INCISION
INJECTION OF ANESTHETIC INTO TISSUE
INFILTRATION
BREATHING IN OF GASEOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT
INHALATION
ANESTHESIA PRODUCED BY INJECTING THE ANESTHETIC AGENT INTO THE NERVES ALONG THE RIBS
INTERCOSTALS BLOCK
INSTRUMENT USED TO CUT, COAGULATE, OR VAPORIZE TISSUE BY WAY OF ANINTENSE, NARROW LIGHT BEAM THAT PRODUCES HEAT
LASER
ANESTHETIC AGENT CONFINED TO ONE PART OF THE BODY
LOCAL ANESTHESIA
WAYS IN WHICH ANESTHETIC AGENTS ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY
MODES OF INDUCTION
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA THAT FOLLOWS A NERVE OR GROUP OF NERVES
NERVE BLOCK
THE PROCEDURES WHICH ARE PERFORMED
OPERATION
WRITTEN RECORD OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE THTA CONTAINS MANDATEDINFORMATION
OPERATIVE RECORD
AREA BETWEEN THE ANUS AND GENITALIA
PERINEUM
PART OF THE OPERATIVE REPORT THAT STATES THE DIAGNOSIS AFTER SURGERY IS COMPLETED AND GIVES A SHORT DESCRIPTIVE EXPLANATION OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY FOUND
POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS
PART OF THE OPERATIVE REPORT THAT DESCRIBES THE DIAGNOSIS BEFORE SURGERY IS PERFORMED
PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS