SURGICAL TECH CERTIFICATION II 2026
REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Acidosis. Answer: Excessive acidity of body fluids
◉ Active drainage. Answer: drainage attached to an external source
to create suction
◉ Adhesion. Answer: Abnormal joining of parts
◉ Aerobic. Answer: Living in the presence of oxygen
◉ Alimentary. Answer: Pertaining to nutrition
◉ Alloplasty. Answer: Plastic surgery with nonhuman tissue
◉ Ambulatory. Answer: Without overnight hospitalization
◉ Anabolism. Answer: The constructive part of metabolism
, ◉ Anemia. Answer: Reduction in the number of red blood cells
◉ Aneurysm. Answer: Localized abnormal dilatation of a blood
vessel
◉ Aneurysm clip. Answer: Device placed on the neck of an aneurysm
to isolate it from other vessels
◉ Anoxia. Answer: Without oxygen
◉ Anterior chamber. Answer: Front space in the eye bound by the
cornea, iris, and lens
◉ Antiemetic. Answer: Substance that prevents nausea and vomiting
◉ Antigen. Answer: Substance that induces the formation of
antibodies
◉ Aponeurosis. Answer: Flat, thin fibrous connective tissue that
attaches muscle to bone or other tissues
◉ Appendage. Answer: Anything attached to a larger part
REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Acidosis. Answer: Excessive acidity of body fluids
◉ Active drainage. Answer: drainage attached to an external source
to create suction
◉ Adhesion. Answer: Abnormal joining of parts
◉ Aerobic. Answer: Living in the presence of oxygen
◉ Alimentary. Answer: Pertaining to nutrition
◉ Alloplasty. Answer: Plastic surgery with nonhuman tissue
◉ Ambulatory. Answer: Without overnight hospitalization
◉ Anabolism. Answer: The constructive part of metabolism
, ◉ Anemia. Answer: Reduction in the number of red blood cells
◉ Aneurysm. Answer: Localized abnormal dilatation of a blood
vessel
◉ Aneurysm clip. Answer: Device placed on the neck of an aneurysm
to isolate it from other vessels
◉ Anoxia. Answer: Without oxygen
◉ Anterior chamber. Answer: Front space in the eye bound by the
cornea, iris, and lens
◉ Antiemetic. Answer: Substance that prevents nausea and vomiting
◉ Antigen. Answer: Substance that induces the formation of
antibodies
◉ Aponeurosis. Answer: Flat, thin fibrous connective tissue that
attaches muscle to bone or other tissues
◉ Appendage. Answer: Anything attached to a larger part
