| A | B |
| laparoscope | instrument used to perform surgeries through small holes, not large incisions |
| endoscope | tube-like instrument for viewing internal organs |
| distal | most distant, farthest point |
| AER | automatic endoscope reprocessor |
| to pose | to present or create (a problem) |
| to assemble | to put together (an instrument) |
| loaner set | a set of borrowed instruments |
| channel | a tube-like passage |
| flexible | refers to something that can bend |
| rigid | refers to something that cannot bend |
| sigmoid | lower part of large intestine |
| cyst | bladder |
| sequence | an order (of events, objects) |
| protocol | a detailed plan |