______ material does not accept or give up electrons easily and is not a good pathway for electricity.
There are two types of electrical current: direct current and ____________.
The number of wave cycles that occur in 1 second is called:
The body is very sensitive to ______ frequency electricity.
______ is the application of a hot object to living tissue.
The ______ is the actual contact point at the tissue.
The patient return electrode is also called:
In ______ electrosurgery, the surgeon uses a forcep or similar instrument that has two contact points.
The voltage used in bipolar surgery is ______ than that used for monopolar surgery, which makes the bipolar mode a safer technique with fewer risks for patient injury.
________, or spray coagulation, is performed on tissue with pulsed or intermittent application of the active electrode.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the _________ of tissue using radiofrequency energy waves.
Another word for eschar is:
Always use _____ to clear the inside of the suction tube, because water in nonconductive.
_______ coupling occurs when current passes inadvertently through instrument insulation and adjacent conductive material into tissue.
Smoke plume contains 95% water and 5% other products, including:
The __________ automatically stops the flow of current when impedance reaches a preset level.
________ energy is created when electricity is transformed into mechanical energy generated by high-frequency vibration and the forces of friction.
Lasers are grouped into two categories according to the duration of the output waves: continuous-wave lasers and
The optical resonator is also called the:
The ______ laser produces a cool beam by stripping electrons from the atoms of the medium in the chamber.