medical terminology 1
- autoclave: a machine that uses water, pressure, & heat to create superheated steam that kills microorganisms & spores.
- catheter: a thin, flexible tube that can put fluids into your body or take them out. There are several types of urinary, intravenous, and venous catheters.
- centrifuge: a machine used to separate fluids, gases, or liquids based on density.
- culture tube: laboratory glassware used for handling & culturing live organisms and storing blood or other fluid samples.
- curette: a surgical spoon/scoop used for scraping or debriding human tissue during a medical procedure
- defibrillator: a device that provides an electric shock to the heart to allow it to get out of an abnormal heart rhythm and back to normal.
- arrhythmia: an irregular heartbeat
- forceps: an instrument used in surgical/medical procedures for handling, grasping, extracting, & manipulating objects/tissues.
- glucometer: an instrument used for measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood.
- nebulizer: a machine that changes medication from a liquid to a mist so it can be inhaled into the lungs; mainly for respiratory diseases/disorders.
- otoscope: a tool which shines a beam of light to help visualize & examine the condition of the ear canal & eardrum.
- reagent strip: a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a fluid.
- reagent: a substance that causes a chemical reaction
- saliva ejector: a small tubular device designed to provide suction to draw saliva, blood, or debris from the mouth during a dental procedure.
- scalpel: a small, thin, straight knife used in surgeries and dissections
- tri-flow syringe: a three-way syringe that provides air, water, or a combo of air and water for various dental procedures.
- vacutainer blood tube: a tube used to collect & draw blood from a patient's vein.