Match each of the following instruments and items of equipment with its correct description below. The first one has been done for you as an example.
bandage * catheter * curette * drain * forceps * gag * hook * pipette * probe * scalpel * sling * splint * stethoscope * stretcher * syringe * thermometer * tourniquet * wheelchair
1. ________________ = a chair with wheels in which someone can sit and move around
2. __________ = a small sharp-pointed knife used in surgery
3. __________ = an instrument used to explore inside a cavity or wound
4. __________ = a surgical instrument with handles like a pair of scissors, made in different sizes and with differently shaped ends, used for holding and pulling
5. __________ = a surgical instrument like a long thin spoon, used for scraping the inside of an organ
6. __________ = a thin glass tube used for taking and measuring samples of liquid
7. __________ = an instrument or tight bandage wrapped round a limb to constrict an artery, so reducing the flow of blood and stopping bleeding from a wound
8. __________ = a surgical instrument with a bent end used for holding structures apart in operations
9. __________ = a tube used to remove liquid from the body
10. __________ = an instrument placed between the teeth to stop the mouth from closing
11. __________ = a medical instrument made of a tube with a plunger which either slides down inside the tube, forcing the contents out through a needle as in an injection, or slides up the tube, allowing a liquid to be sucked into it
12. __________ = a tube passed into the body along one of the passages in the body
13. __________ = a piece of cloth which is wrapped around a wound or an injured limb
14. __________ = a triangular bandage attached around the neck, used to support an injured arm and prevent it from moving
15. __________ = a folding bed, with handles, on which an injured person can be carried by two people
16. __________ = a stiff support attached to a limb to prevent a broken bone from moving
17. __________ = two earpieces connected to a tube and a metal disc, used to listen to sounds made inside the body
18. __________ = an instrument for measuring temperature
Answers:
- wheelchair
- scalpel
- probe
- forceps
- curette
- pipette
- tourniquet
- hook
- drain
- gag
- syringe
- catheter
- bandage
- sling
- stretcher
- splint
- stethoscope
- thermometer
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