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KEY TERMS
• Incision is a clean cut caused by a cutting instrument
• Laceration is a wound in which tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and
irregular edges
• Local anesthetic is a drug that produces a loss of feeling and an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body
• Mayo tray is a broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand and used to hold sterile instruments and supplies when it has been
covered with a sterile towel
• Needle biopsy is a type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle through the skin
• Surgical asepsis are practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from microorganisms
• Sutures is material used to approximate tissues with surgical stitches
• Wound is a break in the continuity of an external or internal surface caused by a physical means