enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: tools used in dissection of muscles

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of instruments used in anatomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_instruments_used...

    used to cut bones like that of the head Skull breaker or often a (hammer and chisel) to break open the vault of the skull Sternal saw: for cutting into the chest of the body by cutting the sternum: Dissecting knife: sharp cutting instruments Toothed forceps: for tearing or holding structures Mallet: used as a hammer: Skull key

  3. Prosector - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosector

    Probes and the prosector's own fingers are examples of tools used for blunt dissection where tissue may be separated from surrounding structures without cutting, i.e. the bellies of biceps brachii and coracobrachialis muscle were made clearer by loosening the fascia between the two muscles with a blunt probe.

  4. Blunt dissection - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_dissection

    Pictures of mostly blunt surgery tools at Kom Ombo, Egypt. Blunt dissection describes the careful separation of tissues along tissue planes by either fingers or convenient blunt instruments during many diverse surgical procedures. Blunt dissection consumes a large proportion of time in most surgeries and has not changed significantly in centuries.

  5. Metzenbaum scissors - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metzenbaum_scissors

    The scissors come in variable lengths and have a relatively high shank-to-blade ratio. They are constructed of stainless steel and may have tungsten carbide cutting surface inserts. The blades can be curved or straight, and the tips are usually blunt. This is the most common type of scissors used in organ-related operations.

  6. Mayo scissors - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_scissors

    The curved style of Mayo scissor is used to cut thick tissues such as those found in the uterus, muscles, breast, and foot. Mayo scissors used for dissection are placed in tissue with the tips closed. The scissors are then opened so that the tips open and spread out the tissue during the dissection process.

  7. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruments_used_in...

    Access instrument. Used to create an opening into a space without opening the abdominal cavity. A camera is inserted through one to view the interior while instruments are inserted through the others to manipulate the organs. Ultrasonic energy device Surgical device typically used to dissect tissue, but also seals small vessels and tissue bundles

  8. Dissection - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection

    A key principle in the dissection of human cadavers (sometimes called androtomy) is the prevention of human disease to the dissector.Prevention of transmission includes the wearing of protective gear, ensuring the environment is clean, dissection technique [2] and pre-dissection tests to specimens for the presence of HIV and hepatitis viruses. [3]

  9. Retractor (medicine) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retractor_(medicine)

    Surgical retractors probably originate with very basic tools used in the Stone Age. [3] Branches or antlers of various shapes were used to dig and extract food from the ground. As the use of tools evolved, a variety of instruments came about to substitute for the use of hooked or grasping fingers in the butchering of meat or dissection of bodies.

  1. Ad

    related to: tools used in dissection of muscles