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15 Cards in this Set
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bougie |
slender, flexible instrument for exploring and dilating tubes |
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cannula |
tube enclosing a trocar that allows escape of fluid or air after removal of the trocar |
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clamp |
instrument used to compress tissue |
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curet |
spoon-shaped instrument for removing material from the wall of a cavity or other surface |
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elevator |
instrument for lifting tissue or bone |
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forceps |
instrument for holding or extracting |
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gigli saw |
flexible wire saw |
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hemostat |
small clamp for stopping blood flow from avessel |
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rasp |
surgical file |
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retractor |
instrument used to maintain exposure by seperating a wound and holding back organs or tissues |
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rongeur |
gouge forceps |
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scalpel |
surgicla knife with sharp blade |
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scissors |
a cutting instruemtn with two opposing blades |
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sound |
instrument for exploring a cavity or canal |
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trocar |
sharp pointed instrument contained in a cannula used to puncture a cavity |
