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Week One: Testing drugs, diseases, and dissection Flashcards

1
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What is assessment?

A

Evaluation of a condition

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What is a signalment?

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Description of the animal

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What does a signalment contain?

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Species, breed, age, reproductive status, and color

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What are vital signs?

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Objective patient data

Parameters taken from the animal to assess its health

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5
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What are examples of vital signs?

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

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6
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What is febrile?

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Fever

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7
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What is Afebrile?

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Non fever

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What is pyrexia?

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Patient has a fever

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9
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What does a sphygmomanometer measure?

KNOW HOW TO SPELL THIS

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Measures blood pressure

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10
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What is auscultation?

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The act of listening to body sounds

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11
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What is palpation?

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Examination by feeling

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12
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What is percussion?

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

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13
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What is speculum?

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Used to see into body cavities

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14
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What does CBC stand for?

A

Complete blood count

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15
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What is an assay?

A

Test

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16
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What is a refractometer?

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Measures refractions (like urine or plasma and sees how light is bending through them)

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17
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What is a centrifuge?

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Spins and separates things

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18
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What is a diagnosis?

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dx

Cause of disease determined by the veterinarian

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19
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What is differential diagnosis?

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ddx

List of possible causes of a disease

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20
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What is a prognosis?

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Prediction of the outcome of disease determined by the veterinarian

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21
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What is a sign?

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What you see happen because of a disease

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22
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What is a symptom?

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Felt by the patient

Usually used in human medicine

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23
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What is acute?

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Fast onset

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24
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What is chronic?

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Long term, slow onset

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25
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What is endemic?

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Something within a group

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26
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What is epidemic?

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Something outside a group

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27
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What is pandemic?

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Something everywhere, all people

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28
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What is a pathogen?

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Microorganism that produces disease

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29
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What is a disease?

A

Deviation from normal

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30
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What does infectious mean?

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Caused by pathogens

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31
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What is noninfectious?

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Not caused by pathogens

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32
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What is communicable?

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disease spread form one animal to another by direct or indirect contact and disorder transmitted from animal to animal or through contact with contaminated object

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33
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What is iatrogenic?

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Disease caused by the vet. team

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34
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What is nosocomial?

A

Get sick from the clinic

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35
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What is idiopathic?

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Disease where you have no idea why it’s occurring

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36
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What is prokaryotic?

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Cell with no nucleus

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37
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Bacteria are…

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Microscopic, prokaryotic, unicellular

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38
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Fungi are…

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Eukaryotic, lacking chlorophyll

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39
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What are parasites?

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Live on or in another living organism

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40
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What are viruses?

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Sub-microscopic, survive only by invading other cells

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41
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What is transmission?

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Disease transfer

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42
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What is morbidity?

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Healthy vs. disease

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43
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What is mortality?

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How many animals live vs. die from disease

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44
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What is prophylaxis?

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Prevention

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45
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What is zoonosis?

A

A disease transmissible between humans and animals

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46
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What is clinical?

A

We can test for or see

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47
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What is subclinical?

A

Not showing signs of disease

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48
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What is labile?

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Unstable

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49
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What is moribund?

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Dying or near death

50
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What is a sequela?

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Disease causes another condition

51
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What is a palliative?

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Treatment

Can’t cure disease but we make more comfortable (like herpes or terminal cancer)

52
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What is an endoscopy?

A

Visual examination of the interior of any cavity of the body by means of an endoscope

(internal organs)

53
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What is centesis?

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

54
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What is radiography?

55
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What is fluoroscopy?

A

Inject something that glows and we can see in X rays

56
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What is pharmacology?

A

Study of the nature, uses, and effects of drugs

57
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What is a prescription drug?

A

Medication that may be purchased used only by the order of a veterinarian

58
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What is pharmacokinetic?

A

How a drug moves

59
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What is pharmacodynamic?

A

How a drug works

60
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What is an agonist?

A

Drug that binds

61
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What is an antagonist?

A

Drug that blocks

62
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What is chelate?

A

How a substance is handled in solution

63
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What is osmosis?

A

How water moves

64
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What is efficacy?

A

How a drug functions clinically

65
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What does PO stand for?

66
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What is parenteral?

A

Non-GI tract

67
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What is enteral or nonparenteral?

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By the GI tract

68
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What is analgesic?

A

Pain relief meds

69
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What is anesthetic?

A

Numbing/can’t feel what is happening

70
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What is an antibiotic?

A

Kill bacteria

71
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What is -pyrectic?

72
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What is -pruritic?

73
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What is -coagulant?

74
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What is -convulsant?

75
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What is -neoplastic?

76
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What is -tussive?

77
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What is emetic?

A

Causes vomiting

78
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What is antiemetic?

A

Prevents vomiting

79
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What is monovalent?

A

Protects against one disease

80
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What is polyvalent?

A

Protects against more than one disease

81
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What is asepsis?

A

State of being without infection

82
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What is antiseptic?

A

Against infection

83
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What is disinfectant?

A

On inanimate objects

84
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What is excise?

85
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What is incise?

86
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What is ligate?

87
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What is inversion?

88
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What is eversion?

89
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What is transect?

A

Cutting across

90
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What is dissect?

A

Cutting into

91
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What is debridement?

A

Remove dead tissue

92
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What is dehiscence?

A

Surgical sight has opened

93
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What is enucelation?

A

Removal of entire thing (usually eyes)

94
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What is eviscerate?

A

Expose/remove internal organs

95
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What is fenestration?

A

Window/hole

96
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What is friable?

A

Likely to fall apart

97
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What is lavage?

A

Put fluid to wash out

98
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What is lumpectomy?

A

Removal of any chunk of anything

99
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What is a ventral midline incision?

A

Cut along the midsagittal plane of the abdomen

100
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What is a paramedian incision?

A

Cut lateral and parallel to the ventral midline

101
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What is a flank incision?

A

Cut perpendicular to the long axis of the body

102
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What is a paracostal incision?

A

Cut oriented parallel to the last rib

103
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What is a biopsy?

A

Removing living tissue to examine

104
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What is excisional?

A

Removing an entire mass

105
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What is incisional?

A

Removing part of a mass, tissue, or organ

106
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What is a punch?

A

Use of a punch instrument to remove a piece of tissue

107
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What is an autoclave?

A

Steam, heat, or pressure to sterilize

108
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What is a boxlock?

A

Hinge of an instrument

109
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What is a drape?

A

Cover parts we are not performing surgery on

110
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Where are pins located?

A

Inside medullary cavity of bone

111
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Where are screws?

A

Outside of bones

112
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What is a bandage?

A

Covers wound

113
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What is a sling

A

Bind so the wound can’t be used

114
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What is a cast?

A

Hard bandage

115
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What is a wrap?

A

Provide compression, nothing to do with wound

116
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What is a swaged needle?

A

Needle attached to thread already

117
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What is a taper needle?

A

Pointy needle

118
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What is a cutting needle?

A

Makes blade at the end

119
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What do surgical clips do?

A

Holds something off

120
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What is ligation?

Med Term 2 (AC) (10 decks)

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