SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Surgical Instruments Uses And Techniques
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
health-sciences
,
surgery
Instructions:
Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Allows for increased precision in suturing - but slows the manipulation of the instrument.
thumb-third finger grip (tripod)
Army-Navy retractors
Carmalt forceps
palm grip for needle holders
2. Crushing clamps with longitudinal grooved that are designed for larger pedicles - such as the ovarian pedicles during a spay.
Use of suction tips
Halstead mosquito forceps
Carmalt forceps
Mayo-Hegar needle holders
3. This grip increases the angle of the blade - allowing more control for shorter - more precise - and deeper incisions.
Halstead mosquito forceps
Army-Navy retractors
pencil grip for scalpels
Use of suction tips
4. Allows for rapid manipulation of the needle holder without removing fingers - increasing speed.
Balfour retractors
palm grip for needle holders
uses of scissors
malleable retractors
5. Forceps that have one large tooth apposing two large teeth at the tip - used for grasping skin.
Brown-Adson forceps
rat tooth forceps
fingertip grip for scalpels
Balfour retractors
6. Improve control and visibility during dissection and sharp cutting.
curved scissors
Frazier suction tip
retractor
Finnochietto retractors
7. The removal of blood and other fluids - increasing visibility and decreasing the risk of infection.
retractor
curved scissors
palm grip for scalpels
Use of suction tips
8. Non-crushing clamps with longitudinal grooves used to occlude the intestines during surgery.
thenar-eminence grip for needle holders
Doyen clamps
Balfour retractors
Bard Parker #3
9. Small crushing clamps that have transverse grooves that are used to grasp small - isolated vessels.
Hohmann retractors
Halstead mosquito forceps
#12 blade
Brown-Adson forceps
10. Self-retaining abdominal retractors typically used during exploratory celiotomy.
needle holders
Balfour retractors
Senn retractors
#15 blade
11. Wide - flexible hand held retractors that may be bent at any angle - often used in abdominal surgery to retract friable organs.
DeBakey forceps
palm grip for scalpels
Brown-Adson forceps
malleable retractors
12. A longer scalpel handle used in large animal surgery compatible with #20 blades.
Yankauer suction tip
Bard Parker #4
Frazier suction tip
thenar-eminence grip for needle holders
13. Crushing clamps that have transverse grooves that are used to grasp small - isolated vessels.
fingertip grip for scalpels
pencil grip for scalpels
Kelly forceps
uses of tissue forceps
14. A small - convex blade ideal for short - precise incisions - such as stab incisions into hollow viscera or biopsy.
Finnochietto retractors
#15 blade
Mayo-Hegar needle holders
Carmalt forceps
15. A sharply point - triangular blade designed fro stabs incisions and precise - short cuts in delicate areas - such as the ureter or urethra.
Doyen clamps
Castroviejo needle holders
fingertip grip for scalpels
#11 blade
16. Similar to the Mayo-Hegar needle holders but include a scissor mechanism just distal to the box lock.
Yankauer suction tip
Olson-Hegar needle holders
Army-Navy retractors
uses of tissue forceps
17. Hinged - sharp-tipped instruments that are commonly used to retract muscle and skin during approaches to the spine or long bones.
Gelpi perineal retractors
uses of scissors
#15 blade
Olson-Hegar needle holders
18. A powerful grip typically only used in necropsy.
palm grip for scalpels
Castroviejo needle holders
Frazier suction tip
Hohmann retractors
19. Forceps with relatively smooth times that contain two rows of tiny transverse striations - used for grasping delicate vessels of organs.
Finnochietto retractors
Poole suction tip
Mayo-Hegar needle holders
DeBakey forceps
20. Medium sized needle holders most commonly used in small animal surgery.
Frazier suction tip
uses of tissue forceps
Mayo-Hegar needle holders
Balfour retractors
21. Heavier scissor used for cutting dense connective tissue such as fascia.
Mayo scissors
#15 blade
needle holders
Gelpi perineal retractors
22. A concave - sickle-shaped blade most commonly used for onychectomies.
Army-Navy retractors
Gelpi perineal retractors
#12 blade
Use of suction tips
23. Hand-held retractors with blunt ends at right angles.
Gelpi perineal retractors
Bard Parker #4
Army-Navy retractors
Finnochietto retractors
24. A commonly used scalpel handle used in small animal surgery that is compatible with #10 - #11 - #12 - and #15
Bard Parker #3
Carmalt forceps
needle holders
pencil grip for scalpels
25. Short - fine needle holders that are used to suture delicate tissues with the pencil grip.
Castroviejo needle holders
uses of scissors
Senn retractors
#15 blade
26. Grip used most commonly for long incisions with a #10 blade due to increased contact with the cutting surface - stability - andaccuracy.
uses of tissue forceps
thenar-eminence grip for needle holders
fingertip grip for scalpels
#11 blade
27. Fine - dissecting scissor used only in delicate tissue.
Doyen clamps
Metzenbaum scissors
Olson-Hegar needle holders
#10 blade
28. Protected by a fenestrated cover - preventing inadvertant suction trauma to the viscera.
Use of suction tips
Poole suction tip
Mayo-Hegar needle holders
uses of surgical clamps
29. Dissection -sharp cutting
uses of scissors
Poole suction tip
rat tooth forceps
Brown-Adson forceps
30. Hand-held retractors that have a rake-like end and a smooth end used for muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery.
fingertip grip for scalpels
Senn retractors
DeBakey forceps
Use of suction tips
31. A basket shaped tip with multiple holes to allow directed suction and minimize trauma during thoracic surgery.
needle holders
Yankauer suction tip
Finnochietto retractors
Brown-Adson forceps
32. Hand held retractors that have an hourglass shape - used to lever the tibia cranially during a stifle arthrotomy to allow evaluation of the menisci.
DeBakey forceps
Frazier suction tip
#10 blade
Hohmann retractors
33. Used to increase visibility and exposure during surgery.
Yankauer suction tip
uses of surgical clamps
Kelly forceps
retractor
34. Forceps with multiple small teeth that allow grip without tissue trauma - commonly used in small animal surgery.
Senn retractors
#10 blade
Use of suction tips
Brown-Adson forceps
35. A large convex blade designed for long linear incisions in skin and connective tissue.
palm grip for scalpels
Use of suction tips
rat tooth forceps
#10 blade
36. Self-retaining rib retractors used during thoracotomy.
Finnochietto retractors
Army-Navy retractors
#12 blade
Poole suction tip
37. A simply angle metal tube that allows for very fine control of suction.
#12 blade
malleable retractors
Halstead mosquito forceps
Frazier suction tip
38. Similar to palming - but the third finger is placed through one of the ring handles.
Use of suction tips
thenar-eminence grip for needle holders
Olson-Hegar needle holders
#10 blade
39. Occlude blood vessels -occlude hollow organ lumens -blunt dissections
Castroviejo needle holders
uses of surgical clamps
#11 blade
thenar-eminence grip for needle holders
40. Size and length of the needle holders are selected based on the size of the needle used and the depth of the cavity - respectively.
needle holders
Finnochietto retractors
rat tooth forceps
Senn retractors
41. Manipulation of tissue with the non-dominant hand - held using the pencil grip.
#12 blade
Brown-Adson forceps
Doyen clamps
uses of tissue forceps