IAHCSMM CIS EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Sigmoidoscopy - ✔✔a procedure in which the doctor looks inside the rectum and the
lower part of the colon (sigmoid colon) through a lighted tube. The doctor may collect
samples of tissue or cells for closer examination.
✔✔Skin Graft - ✔✔Skin that is moved from one part of the body to another
✔✔Splenectomy - ✔✔an operation to remove the spleen
✔✔Tracheostomy - ✔✔surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The
opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.
✔✔Transplantation - ✔✔the replacement of an organ with one from another person
✔✔Transrectal Ultrasound - ✔✔The use of sound waves to detect cancer. An
instrument is inserted into the rectum. Waves bounce off the prostate and the pattern of
echoes produced is converted into a picture by a computer.
✔✔Transurethral Resection - ✔✔Surgery performed with a special instrument inserted
through the urethra. Also called TUR.
✔✔Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - ✔✔The use of an instrument inserted
through the penis to remove tissue from the prostate. Also called TUR or TURP.
✔✔Urostomy - ✔✔An operation to create an opening from inside the body to the
outside, making a new way to pass urine.
✔✔Vasectomy - ✔✔An operation to cut or tie off the tubes that carry sperm out of the
testicles.
, ✔✔Whipple Procedure - ✔✔A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The
surgeon removed the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach,
and other nearby tissues.
✔✔Proctosigmoidoscopy - ✔✔an examination of the rectum and lower end of the colon
using a thin, lighted instrument called a sigmoidoscope.
✔✔ Ablate/Ablation - ✔✔the vaporization of tissue with a laser
✔✔Amputation - ✔✔surgery to remove all or some of a body part
✔✔Angiogram - ✔✔an x-ray of blood vessels; the patient receives an injection of dye
✔✔Arteriogram - ✔✔an x-ray of blood vessels, which can be seen after an injection of a
dye that shows up in the x-ray pictures
✔✔Aspiration - ✔✔removal of fluid from a lump, often a cyst, with a needle and a
syringe
✔✔Axillary Dissection - ✔✔surgery to remove lymph nodes under the arm
✔✔Bilateral - ✔✔affecting the right and left side of the body
✔✔Biopsy - ✔✔the removal of a sample of tissue, which is then examined under a
microscope to check for cancer cells
✔✔Bronchoscopy - ✔✔a test that permits the doctor to see the breathing passages
through a lighted scope
✔✔Bypass - ✔✔a surgical procedure in which the doctor creates a new pathway for the
flow of body fluids
✔✔Cauterization - ✔✔the use of heat to
✔✔Colectomy - ✔✔an operation to remove all or part of the colon. In a partial
colectomy, the surgeon removes only the cancerous part of the colon and a small
amount (called a margin) of surrounding healthy tissue
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔An opening created by a surgeon into the colon from the outside of
the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after
part of the colon has been removed.
✔✔Colposcopy - ✔✔A procedure in which a lighted magnifying instrument (called a
colposcope) is used to examine the vagina and cervix
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Sigmoidoscopy - ✔✔a procedure in which the doctor looks inside the rectum and the
lower part of the colon (sigmoid colon) through a lighted tube. The doctor may collect
samples of tissue or cells for closer examination.
✔✔Skin Graft - ✔✔Skin that is moved from one part of the body to another
✔✔Splenectomy - ✔✔an operation to remove the spleen
✔✔Tracheostomy - ✔✔surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The
opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.
✔✔Transplantation - ✔✔the replacement of an organ with one from another person
✔✔Transrectal Ultrasound - ✔✔The use of sound waves to detect cancer. An
instrument is inserted into the rectum. Waves bounce off the prostate and the pattern of
echoes produced is converted into a picture by a computer.
✔✔Transurethral Resection - ✔✔Surgery performed with a special instrument inserted
through the urethra. Also called TUR.
✔✔Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - ✔✔The use of an instrument inserted
through the penis to remove tissue from the prostate. Also called TUR or TURP.
✔✔Urostomy - ✔✔An operation to create an opening from inside the body to the
outside, making a new way to pass urine.
✔✔Vasectomy - ✔✔An operation to cut or tie off the tubes that carry sperm out of the
testicles.
, ✔✔Whipple Procedure - ✔✔A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The
surgeon removed the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach,
and other nearby tissues.
✔✔Proctosigmoidoscopy - ✔✔an examination of the rectum and lower end of the colon
using a thin, lighted instrument called a sigmoidoscope.
✔✔ Ablate/Ablation - ✔✔the vaporization of tissue with a laser
✔✔Amputation - ✔✔surgery to remove all or some of a body part
✔✔Angiogram - ✔✔an x-ray of blood vessels; the patient receives an injection of dye
✔✔Arteriogram - ✔✔an x-ray of blood vessels, which can be seen after an injection of a
dye that shows up in the x-ray pictures
✔✔Aspiration - ✔✔removal of fluid from a lump, often a cyst, with a needle and a
syringe
✔✔Axillary Dissection - ✔✔surgery to remove lymph nodes under the arm
✔✔Bilateral - ✔✔affecting the right and left side of the body
✔✔Biopsy - ✔✔the removal of a sample of tissue, which is then examined under a
microscope to check for cancer cells
✔✔Bronchoscopy - ✔✔a test that permits the doctor to see the breathing passages
through a lighted scope
✔✔Bypass - ✔✔a surgical procedure in which the doctor creates a new pathway for the
flow of body fluids
✔✔Cauterization - ✔✔the use of heat to
✔✔Colectomy - ✔✔an operation to remove all or part of the colon. In a partial
colectomy, the surgeon removes only the cancerous part of the colon and a small
amount (called a margin) of surrounding healthy tissue
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔An opening created by a surgeon into the colon from the outside of
the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after
part of the colon has been removed.
✔✔Colposcopy - ✔✔A procedure in which a lighted magnifying instrument (called a
colposcope) is used to examine the vagina and cervix
