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Week One Chp 16 & 17 Flashcards

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What is a signalment

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Description of animal

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Assessment

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Evaluation of a condition

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What does a signalment consist of?

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Species, breed, age, reproductive status, color

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What are vital signs?

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Parameters taken to asses a animals health

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What vital signs are taken?

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Temperature, pulse and pulse rate, heart rate, respiration and respiration rate, blood pressure

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What is auscultation?

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Act of listening to body sounds

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What is palpation?

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Examination by feeling

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What is percussion?

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Exam by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area

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What is a speculum?

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Instrument that holds something open to look into a cavity

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What is venipuncture?

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Anything to do with having to go into a vein

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10
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What is assay?

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Assessment or test

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What does CBC stand for?

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Complete blood count

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12
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What is a refractometer?

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Instrument that measure the refraction of light through things

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What is a centrifuge?

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Instrument that separates blood by spinning

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Dx stands for?

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Diagnosis

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ddx stands for?

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Differential diagnosis

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What is a diagnosis?

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Cause of disease

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What is a differential diagnosis?

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List of possible causes of disease

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What is a prognosis?

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Prediction of the out come of a disease

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19
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What is a sign?

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Something we can see

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What is a symptom?

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Something that is felt by the patient ( not really used in animal med)

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What is acute?

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Fast or short term

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22
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What is chronic?

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Long term

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23
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What does endemic mean?

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Disease of a specific area

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What does epidemic mean?

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Disease that spreads out of an area

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What does pandemic mean?

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Disease that spreads anywhere and everywhere

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What is a pathogen?

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Microorganism that produces disease

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27
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What is a disease?

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deviation from normal

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28
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What is a contagious disease?

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Disease spreadable through contact with another

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29
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What is iatrogenic disease?

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Disease caused by treatment or vet team

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30
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What is nosocomial disease?

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Disease achieved from just visiting a hospital

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31
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What is idiopathic disease?

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No clue on why the disease is happening

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32
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Bacteria are?

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Microscopic, prokaryotic, unicellular

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33
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Fungi are?

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Eukaryotic, lacking chlorophyll

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34
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Parasites are?

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Live on or I. Another living organism

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35
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Viruses are?

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Sub-microscopic, survive only by invading other cells

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36
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Transmission is?

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Disease transfer

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37
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Morbidity is?

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How many healthy animals vs how many sick animals

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38
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Mortality is?

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How many of the diseased animals are alive vs dead

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39
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Prophylaxis is?

A

Prevention

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40
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Zoonosis is?

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Disease transmit able from animal to human

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41
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What is a symptomatic and sub clinical?

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Not showing signs of a disease

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42
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What is labile?

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Unstable

43
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What is moribund

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Dying or near death

44
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What is sequela?

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When a disease causes another condition

45
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What is palliative?

A

Form of treatment ( usually when it can not be cured)

46
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What is an endoscopy?

A

Visual examination of the interior of any cavity of the body using an endoscope

47
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What is a centesis?

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

48
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What types of imaging are there?

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Radiography (X-ray), computed tomography (cat scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluoroscopy (bone scan), ultrasound

49
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Pharmacology is?

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Study of the nature, uses, and effects of drugs

50
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Pharmacokinetic is?

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How the drug move through the body

51
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Pharmacodynamic is?

A

How drugs work in the body

52
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Chelate is?

A

Bound to and precipitated out of a solution

53
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Osmosis is?

A

How water moves through a semipermeable membrane

54
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Efficacy is?

A

How a drug functions clinically ( do we see the desired effect)

55
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What is an analgesic?

A

Pain medication

56
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What is an anesthetic?

A

Pertaining to no pain ( like lidocaine)

57
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-biotic

A

Bacterial

58
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-pyretic

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Fever

59
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-pruritic

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Itch

60
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-toxin

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Toxic

61
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-coagulant

A

Clotting

62
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-convulsant

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Seizures

63
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-neoplastic

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Tumor (mass)

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-tussive

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Cough

65
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Emetic

A

Vomiting

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Antiemetic

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Anti vomiting

67
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Monovalent

A

Made for only one strain

68
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Polyvalent

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Dane for more than one strain

69
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Asepsis is?

A

Being without infection

70
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Antiseptic is?

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Against infection

71
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Disinfectant is?

A

Used on inanimate objects

72
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Sterilization is?

A

Removal of all living material

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Excise is?

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To cut out

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Incise

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To cut into

75
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Inversion

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Turning in

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Eversion

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Turning out

77
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Transect

A

Cutting across

78
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Dissect

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Cutting into

79
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Debridement

A

Removal of dead tissue

80
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Dehiscence

A

Surgical suture site that opens

81
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Enucleation

A

Removal of entire thing ( ex: eyeballs)

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Eviseration

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To expose or remove internal organs

83
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Fenestration

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A window, hole, or perforation

84
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Friable

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Likely to fall apart, easy to crumble

85
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Lavage

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Irrigation of tissue

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Lumpectomy

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Removal of a chunk of something ( mass of tissue)

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Biopsy

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Removing living tissue to examine

88
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Excisional

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Removing an entire mass

89
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Incisional

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Removing part of a mass, tissue, or organ

90
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Needle biopsy

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Insertion of a needle into tissue for extraction of a small piece of tissue to be examined

91
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Punch biopsy

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Use of a punch instrument to remove a piece of tissue

92
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Autoclave

A

Machine using heat to sterilize

93
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Boxlock

A

Hinge of an instruments

94
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Drape

A

Covering used to cover parts of animal that are not being operated on

95
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Pins

A

Used to repair bones, placed on inside of bone

96
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Screws

A

Used to repair bones, placed on the outside of bones

97
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Needle and threads

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Suture material and needles are used by surgeons to close wounds or to tie things

98
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Monofilament

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One strand

99
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Multifilament

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Multiple strands twisted into one

100
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Swaged

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Needle is attached to thread in package

101
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Taper needle

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Tapered to a point

102
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Cutting needle

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Triangle shaped to a point

103
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Surgical clip

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Holds something out of the way during surgery

104
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Ligation

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Tying something.

Med Term 2- Christy (2 decks)

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