Surgical Terms

Question 1

Biosy

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Dermatoautoplasty

Answer 2

Surgical repair of skin using own skin
Skin graft
Allograft

Question 3

Dermatoteroplasty

Answer 3

Survival repair of skin using other people’s skin

Question 4

Dermatome

Answer 4

Tool used to cut skin

Question 5

Drmatoplasty

Answer 5

Surgical repair of skin

Question 6

Onchectomy

Answer 6

Excision of nail

Question 7

Rhytidectomy

Answer 7

Excision of wrinkles (facelift)

Question 8

Rhytidoplasty

Answer 8

Surgical repair of wrinkles

Question 9

Cauterization

Answer 9

Destruction of tissue with either hot or cold tool electric currant or caustic substance

Question 10

Cryosurgery

Answer 10

Destruction of tissue using extreme cold

( liquid nitrogen

Question 11

Debridement

Answer 11

Removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from open wound

Question 12

Dermabrasion

Answer 12

Removing skin with scars with abrasives material like sandpape

Question 13

Excision

Answer 13

Removal by cutting

Question 14

Incision

Answer 14

Surgical cutie wound produced by a sharp tool

Question 15

Incision and drainage

Answer 15

Surgical cut made to allow the free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a lesion wound or cavity

Question 16

Laser surgery

Answer 16

Procedure using a tool that emits a high powered beam of light used to cut burn vaporize destroY TISSUE

Question 17

MOHs surgery

Answer 17

Technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions if skin cancers

Question 18

Suturing

Answer 18

Stitching