Surgical

The tough, flat sheet of tendon over the top of the skull that joins the front and back bellies of the occipitofrontalis muscle; a layer of the scalp.

A bubble of gas in the bloodstream that blocks blood flow, as when insufflation gas is forced into an open vessel.

The system on the anesthesia machine that captures waste anesthetic gas and vents it out of the room through a vacuum line.

Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.

A surgically made opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall to the outside, used to feed the patient or to drain the stomach.

A number giving the width of a needle, a catheter or a wire, in which a higher number means a thinner one.

Drug-induced loss of consciousness and feeling over the whole body, so a person feels nothing and is not aware during surgery.

A heat-loving bacterium whose spores are used in biological indicators that test steam and hydrogen peroxide sterilization.

The renal fascia: the outer layer of connective tissue that encloses each kidney, its surrounding fat and the adrenal gland, and anchors them in place.

A linear cutting stapler that lays two double rows of staples and cuts between them, dividing bowel or tissue with both ends sealed.

A curved lower abdominal incision from just inside the front of the hip bone down to just above the pubic bone, used to reach the lower ureter.

The rounded tip of the penis, formed by the end of the corpus spongiosum, where the external urethral meatus opens.

The sound-making part of the larynx: the true vocal cords and the opening between them.

Putting on sterile gloves by the closed, assisted or open method, to join the sterile team or do a sterile task.

A liquid chemical used for high-level disinfection, or sterilization with longer soaking, of heat-sensitive medical devices.

An amino acid made into a 1.5% sterile irrigating solution that does not conduct electricity, used for monopolar resection inside the bladder or uterus.

An anticholinergic drug that dries up saliva and airway secretions and keeps the heart rate from falling too low.

Putting on a sterile surgical gown after the surgical scrub without letting its outside touch anything nonsterile; also, gowning another team member.

In cancer, describing how abnormal the tumor's cells look under the microscope, from well differentiated (G1) to undifferentiated (G4).

Tissue or a man-made material moved into place in surgery to replace or repair a damaged part.

Any tissue or manufactured material used as a graft to replace, bridge, patch or fill tissue, such as bone graft, a vascular graft or a skin substitute.

A small mass of immune cells, mainly macrophages, that walls off something the body cannot destroy, such as a germ or a piece of suture.

A steam sterilizer in which steam enters at the top and pushes the heavier air down and out through a drain at the bottom.

The earth, or a connection to it, which has zero electrical potential and gives stray current a safe path away.

A thin, flexible wire passed into a vessel or duct first, to guide catheters, sheaths and other devices that slide over it.

An injury made by a bullet or other missile fired from a gun; abbreviated GSW.