| A | B |
|---|
| Atraumatic | causes minimal tissue damage |
| approximation | bringing together |
| Bleeder | severed blood vessels |
| buried suture | stitch that remains under skin |
| chromic salts | chemicals used to treat catgut |
| enzyme | substance which breaks down gut |
| friable | any tissue easily torn |
| hemostasis | stopping blood flow from a vessel |
| inert | causes no tissue reaction |
| kink | deformation of suture |
| ligate | to tie off a structure |
| ligating reel | a plastic reel from which ligating material is unwound as blood vessels are tied |
| suture | material used to approximate tissue |
| suture routine | surgeon's preference in suture |
| Swaged | eyeless needle that has suture attached by mfg |
| tie | stand of suture material uses to bind a structure |
| stick tie | suture ligature |
| traction suture | suture uses for retraction |
| wicking action | capillary action when suture acts as a wick |
| wound disruption | seperatin of wound edges to some extent |
