IAHCSMM CIS ALL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔Craniotomy - ✔✔An operation in which an opening is made in the skull so the doctor
can reach the brain
✔✔Cryosurgery - ✔✔Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys
abnormal tissues
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔Craniotomy - ✔✔An operation in which an opening is made in the skull so the doctor
can reach the brain
✔✔Cryosurgery - ✔✔Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys
abnormal tissues
