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teeth<br />

tempering<br />

tenaculum<br />

tendon<br />

tenotomy<br />

thoracic<br />

tibia<br />

tissue<br />

tolerance<br />

tonometer<br />

tooling<br />

tool steel<br />

toothed<br />

traumatic<br />

traumatize<br />

trochanter<br />

tungsten carbide<br />

ulna<br />

ultrasonic cleaner<br />

small notches or projections used to grasp tissue and prevent<br />

the instrument from slipping<br />

see: hardening<br />

hooklike instrument used to seize and hold tissue<br />

a cord of tissue which connects muscle to bone<br />

dissection or cutting of tendon or muscle, as in hand, foot and<br />

eye surgery<br />

pertaining to the chest<br />

shin bone<br />

a group of cells which are specialized to perform a particular<br />

function<br />

the allowable amount of variation in the dimensions of an<br />

instrument<br />

instrument used to measure the tension or pressure of the<br />

eyeball or the blood pressure within blood vessels<br />

machines, tools, fixtures and other devices which aid in the<br />

manufacture of instruments<br />

type of steel generally used for machine-shop tools, used in the<br />

manufacture of some instruments<br />

see: teeth<br />

having a crushing or biting effect on tissue<br />

to wound or damage<br />

either of two bony processes, or protuberances, of the upper<br />

shaft of the femur which serves in the attachment of muscle<br />

alloy used in the manufacture of inserts for instrument tips;<br />

harder than stainless steel; tungsten has the highest melting<br />

point of all metals<br />

the inner and larger bone of the forearm<br />

mechanical cleaner which makes use of sound waves (known as<br />

cavitation) to clean instruments; used before lubrication and sterilization<br />

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