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| A TUBE, DUCT, OR OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURE THAT FORMS A Y SPLIT. |
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| SOFT, DOUGHY; A CHARACTERISTIC OF DISEASED TISSUE |
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| THE HINGE POINT OF MANY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. |
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| AN ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENT USED TO SLICE BONE; ONE SIDE IS STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER IS BEVELED. |
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| AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO OCCLUDE OR TO HOLD TISSUE, OBJECTS, OR FABRIC BETWEEN ITS JAWS. |
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| THE REMOVAL OF TISSUE BY SCRAPING WITH A SURGICAL CURETTE. |
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| INSTRUMENTS WITH A SHARP EDGE THAT IS USED TO CUT AND DISSECT TISSUE. THIS GROUP INCLUDES SCISSORS, SCAPLELS, OSTEOTOMES, CURETTES CHISELS, BIOPSY PUNCHES, SAWS, DRILLS, AND NEEDLES. |
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| GRADUATED, SMOOTH INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE USED TO INCREASE THE DIAMETER OF AN ANATOMICAL OPENING IN TISSUE. |
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| A CUTTING INSTRUMENT WITH TWO HINGES IN THE MIDDLE. |
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| A NONHINGED SHARP OR DULL-TIPPED INSTRUMENT. IT IS USED TO SEPERATE TISSUES OR TO BLUNTLY REMODEL TISSUE. |
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| SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURED FROM INFERIOR METAL THAT CAN BEND AND BREAK EASILY. FITTINGS AND JOINTS ARE POORLY CONSTRUCTED AND FITTINGS ARE POOR QUALITY. |
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| TEARING OR FRAGMENTING EASILY WHEN HANDLED (TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS). |
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| THE AREA ON AN INSTRUMENT WHERE THE LEVER MOVES. |
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| A SURGICAL CLAMP MOST OFTEN USED TO OCCLUDE A BLOOD VESSEL. |
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| THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF TISSUE. |
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| A TYPE OF HEMOSTAT WITH A STRAIGHT SHANK AND A RIGHT-ANGLE TIP. |
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| THE TIPS OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT. |
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| A HINGED INSTRUMENT WITH SHARP, CUP-SHAPED TIPS THAT IS USED TO EXTRACT PIECES OF BONE OR OTHER CONNECTIVE TISSUE. |
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| THE DELICATE OUTER LAYER OF TISSUE OF MOST ORGANS. |
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| THE AREA OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BETWEEN THE BOX LOCK AND THE FINGER RING. |
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| A CUTTING INSTRUMENT THAT HAS ONE HINGE. |
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| A GRASPING INSTRUMENT WITH SHARP POINTED TIPS, GENERALLY USED TO MANIPULATE OR GRASP TISSUE SUCH AS THE THYROID OR CERVIX. |
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| TO DIVIDE AN ORGAN BY SHARP DISSECTION. |
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| TO SEPARATE TISSUES LAYERS ON A VERTICAL PLANE USING DISSECTION SCISSORS. |
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