Match the Following Common Procedures and Suffixes with the Correct

question 27

Multiple Choice

Match the following common procedures and suffixes with the correct definition.

-suture

• A) to remedy, replace, or heal
• B) suffix for molding or surgically forming
• C) free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a wound or cavity
• D) cutting or taking away
• E) to unite parts by stitching them together
• F) inspection of body organs or cavities by the use of a lighted scope that may be placed through an existing opening or through a small incision
• G) scraping of a cavity using a spoon-shaped instrument
• H) forcing a fluid into a vessel or cavity
• I) suffix for suturing
• J) suffix for puncture of a cavity
• K) suffix for removal of part or all of an organ of the body
• L) removal of a small piece of living tissue for diagnostic examination
• M) surgically cutting into
• N) binding or tying off, as in constricting blood flow of a vessel or binding fallopian tubes for sterilization
• O) suffix for incision into

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Definitions:

Temporal Bone

A bone of the skull located at the side of the head containing the organs of hearing and balance.

Parietal Bone

A bone forming the central side and upper back part of each side of the skull.

Occipital Bone

A cranial bone situated at the lower back part of the skull, forming the base and back wall of the skull.

Ethmoid Bone

A sponge-like bone located at the roof of the nasal cavity that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. It also forms part of the orbit of the eye.