Integumentary System - Procedures through the End of Chapter

Grows bacteria removed from infected area to identify infecting bacteria; then determines sensitivity to various antibiotics

• C&S

• I&D

Piece of tissue is removed by a syringe and needle, knife, punch, or brush to examine under a microscope to diagnose

• BX

• C&S

• I&D

• subq

Scraping cells from tissue and examining them under a microscope

• exfoliative cytology

• biopsy

• frozen section

• allograft

Thin piece of tissue is cut from a frozen specimen for rapid examination under a microscope

• exfoliative cytology

• frozen section

• fungal scrapings

• culture and sensitivity laboratory test

Scrapings, taken with a curette or scraper, of tissue from lesions are placed on a growth medium ad examined under a microscope to identify fungal growth

• fungal scrapings

• allograft

• culture and sensitivity laboratory test

• frozen section

Skin graft from one person to another - donor is usually a cadaver

• allograft

• autograft

• heterograft

• xenograft

Skin graft from a person's own body

• allograft

• autograft

• xenograft

• heterograft

Instrument for for cutting the skin or thin transplants of skin

• dermatome

• currettage

Skin grafting- transplantation of skin

Skin graft from an animal of another species (usually a pig) to a human

• allograft

• heterograft

• autograft