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General Surgery Vocab

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1. Stenosis
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Digestive tract
Form a new opening
Produce bile

2. Nissan fundoplication procedure is for...
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Tighten or close an opening
Pancreas
Hiatal hernia

3. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Liquid product of digestion
Pancreas
In the diaphragm
Spleen

4. The bilary tract terminates at
Sphincter of oddi
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Carbon dioxide
Liquid product of digestion

5. 3 portions of the small intestine
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Digestive tract
Mcburney

6. Removal of gallbladder
Terminal illeum
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Choecystectomy

7. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
Mcburney
Glucagon
Cecum
Difficulty swallowing

8. Small intestin food and water is controoled by what?
Common bile duct
Partially digested food
Pyloric sphincter
Digestive tract

9. Position for removal of hemmroids
Kraske
Cecum
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Breakdown

10. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Liver
Insufflate co2
Mucosa
Opening from skin to stomach

11. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Partially digested food
Esophagus
Form a new opening
Tetany

12. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
CBD exploration
Glucagon
Insufflate co2
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....

13. Modified radical mastectomy
Esophagus
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
In the diaphragm
Insert through mouth

14. Ascities
Cholelithiasis
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Oblique
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes

15. Necrosis
Digestive tract
Distal portion
Localized tissue death
Right Upper

16. Parietal
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Tighten or close an opening
Glucagon
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....

17. Prep for laparotomy
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Pancreas
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Produces vit k

18. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Form a new opening
Retus abdominus
Pyloric sphincter
Cholelithiasis

19. Gastrotomy
Opening from skin to stomach
Sphincter of oddi
CBD exploration
Insulin

20. Where is the linea alba located
Serosa
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Incision into

21. What is the appendix attached to...
Produces vit k
Insulin
Spleen
Cecum

22. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Carbon dioxide
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Mcburney

23. Bile is produced by the...
Liver
Common bile duct
Digestive tract
In the diaphragm

24. Function of omenta
25%
Limit pertioneal infection
Mucosa
Oblique

25. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Digestive tract
Incision into
Difficulty swallowing
Liver

26. Hassan technique to...
Insulin
Insufflate co2
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Tighten or close an opening

27. Outer layer of digestive tract
Glucagon
Retus abdominus
Kraske
Serosa

28. largest organ of abdominal cavity
Inguinal
Liver
Insert through mouth
Produce bile

29. Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
Distal portion
Tighten or close an opening
Glucagon

30. Gastroscopy
Insert through mouth
Esophagus
Cholelithiasis
Incision into

31. Stasis
Stop
Tighten or close an opening
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Opening from skin to stomach

32. Chyle
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Oblique
Liquid product of digestion
Cholelithiasis

33. Position for mcburneys
Trendelenberg
Pyloric sphincter
Supine
Partially digested food

34. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Wave like motion
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

35. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Distal portion
Sphincter of oddi
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Liver

36. Kocher type incision
25%
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Oblique
The vagus nerve

37. Chyme
Insufflate co2
Retus abdominus
Partially digested food
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

38. What position would you use to displace abdominal contents
Partially digested food
Trendelenberg
Difficulty swallowing
Localized tissue death

39. End illeostomy created from
CBD exploration
Terminal illeum
Hiatal hernia
Localized tissue death

40. Recurrence of anal fissure
Glucagon
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Tetany
25%

41. Docho
Common bile duct
Cholelithiasis
Liver
Serosa

42. Function of the liver
Produce bile
Form a new opening
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Oblique

43. Peristalsis
Pancreas
Wave like motion
Form a new opening
Incision into

44. Otomy
Pancreas
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Liver
Incision into

45. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Produce bile
Insulin
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Hiatal hernia

46. Purse string suture used to...
Supine
Insert through mouth
Tighten or close an opening
Produce bile

47. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
The vagus nerve
Right Upper
Insert through mouth
Liquid product of digestion

48. Function of the colon
Right Upper
Insulin
Partially digested food
Produces vit k

49. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
Inguinal
Incision into
Breakdown
Liquid product of digestion

50. Moloney dialators used for...
Form a new opening
Esophagus
The vagus nerve
Liquid product of digestion