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General Surgery Vocab

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1. Chyme
Glucagon
Partially digested food
Kraske
Tetany

2. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Incision into
Stop
Mucosa
Insulin

3. Recurrence of anal fissure
Partially digested food
Distal portion
25%
Serosa

4. Gallstones
Cholelithiasis
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Esophagus
Inguinal

5. Gastrotomy
Opening from skin to stomach
Produces vit k
Hiatal hernia
Common bile duct

6. Prep for laparotomy
Pyloric sphincter
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Cholelithiasis
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

7. Bile is produced by the...
The vagus nerve
Cholelithiasis
Sphincter of oddi
Liver

8. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
The vagus nerve
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Inguinal
Sphincter of oddi

9. largest organ of abdominal cavity
CBD exploration
Esophagus
Cholelithiasis
Liver

10. Outer layer of digestive tract
Cholelithiasis
Cecum
Serosa
Breakdown

11. Removal of gallbladder
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Choecystectomy
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Tighten or close an opening

12. Modified radical mastectomy
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Supine
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Outside wall of cavity or organ

13. Function of omenta
Supine
Limit pertioneal infection
Form a new opening
Choecystectomy

14. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Right Upper
Carbon dioxide
Produce bile
Partially digested food

15. Following a pancreaticoduedenectomy
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Incision into
Distal portion

16. Purse string suture used to...
Trendelenberg
Partially digested food
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Tighten or close an opening

17. Necrosis
Incision into
Distal portion
Trendelenberg
Localized tissue death

18. End illeostomy created from
Terminal illeum
Supine
Distal portion
CBD exploration

19. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
Common bile duct
Glucagon
Liver
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

20. Hassan technique to...
Insufflate co2
Glucagon
Insert through mouth
Opening from skin to stomach

21. Otomy
Glucagon
Insert through mouth
In the diaphragm
Incision into

22. Stenosis
Trendelenberg
Tighten or close an opening
Produce bile
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

23. Ostomy
Produce bile
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Form a new opening
Digestive tract

24. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Right Upper
Tighten or close an opening
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Insert through mouth

25. Stasis
Cholelithiasis
Stop
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Terminal illeum

26. Gastroscopy
Insert through mouth
Tetany
Inguinal
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join

27. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Tetany
Produces vit k

28. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Produces vit k
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Retus abdominus
Digestive tract

29. Ascities
Partially digested food
Cecum
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Pyloric sphincter

30. Lysis
The vagus nerve
Breakdown
Sphincter of oddi
Localized tissue death

31. Parietal
Digestive tract
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Produces vit k
Right Upper

32. Docho
Produces vit k
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Mucosa
Common bile duct

33. Function of the colon
Sphincter of oddi
Insert through mouth
Choecystectomy
Produces vit k

34. Moloney dialators used for...
Insufflate co2
Liver
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Esophagus

35. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Esophagus
Terminal illeum
Spleen
Inguinal

36. Peristalsis
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Wave like motion
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

37. The bilary tract terminates at
Terminal illeum
Sphincter of oddi
Difficulty swallowing
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

38. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
Supine
The vagus nerve
Produce bile
Form a new opening

39. What organ is exocrine and endocrine
Mucosa
Cecum
Pancreas
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

40. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
Insufflate co2
CBD exploration
Oblique
Esophagus

41. Position for removal of hemmroids
Kraske
Partially digested food
Cecum
Insufflate co2

42. In what Quadrant is the gallbladder located
Tighten or close an opening
Incision into
Digestive tract
Right Upper

43. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Incision into
Distal portion
25%
Produce bile

44. Nissan fundoplication procedure is for...
Kraske
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Serosa
Hiatal hernia

45. Position for mcburneys
Inguinal
Sphincter of oddi
Trendelenberg
Supine

46. 3 portions of the small intestine
Insulin
Liver
Stop
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

47. A diaphragmatic hernia is located
Liver
Kraske
In the diaphragm
Retus abdominus

48. Dysphagia
Insufflate co2
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Difficulty swallowing
Carbon dioxide

49. Chyle
Tetany
In the diaphragm
Form a new opening
Liquid product of digestion

50. Where is the linea alba located
Spleen
Supine
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Trendelenberg