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General Surgery Vocab

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1. Nissan fundoplication procedure is for...
Produces vit k
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Opening from skin to stomach
Hiatal hernia

2. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Insufflate co2
Carbon dioxide
Tetany

3. Ascities
Partially digested food
Serosa
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Distal portion

4. Stasis
Pancreas
Wave like motion
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Stop

5. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
CBD exploration
Distal portion
Sphincter of oddi
Esophagus

6. Function of the colon
Retus abdominus
Kraske
Produces vit k
Serosa

7. Chyme
Tighten or close an opening
Partially digested food
25%
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

8. Following a pancreaticoduedenectomy
Opening from skin to stomach
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
CBD exploration
In the diaphragm

9. Chyle
Liquid product of digestion
Glucagon
Difficulty swallowing
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

10. Where is the linea alba located
Terminal illeum
Localized tissue death
Produce bile
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join

11. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
Mcburney
Serosa
Sphincter of oddi
Esophagus

12. Peristalsis
Wave like motion
Breakdown
Form a new opening
Liquid product of digestion

13. Purse string suture used to...
Tetany
Form a new opening
Tighten or close an opening
Pyloric sphincter

14. Recurrence of anal fissure
Breakdown
CBD exploration
25%
Esophagus

15. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Opening from skin to stomach
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Inguinal
Spleen

16. Dysphagia
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Difficulty swallowing
Insert through mouth
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

17. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Distal portion
Mucosa
Difficulty swallowing
Common bile duct

18. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Opening from skin to stomach
Sphincter of oddi
Insulin
Liver

19. 3 portions of the small intestine
Oblique
Common bile duct
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Tighten or close an opening

20. End illeostomy created from
Tetany
Wave like motion
Terminal illeum
Cholelithiasis

21. Lysis
CBD exploration
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Breakdown
Stop

22. Prep for laparotomy
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Liver
Digestive tract
Opening from skin to stomach

23. Position for mcburneys
Limit pertioneal infection
Kraske
Choecystectomy
Supine

24. largest organ of abdominal cavity
Insert through mouth
Liver
Tetany
Mcburney

25. A diaphragmatic hernia is located
Inguinal
Esophagus
Cecum
In the diaphragm

26. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Digestive tract
Retus abdominus
Incision into
Trendelenberg

27. Small intestin food and water is controoled by what?
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Right Upper
Pyloric sphincter
Insulin

28. Moloney dialators used for...
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
In the diaphragm
Insufflate co2
Esophagus

29. Stenosis
Digestive tract
Common bile duct
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

30. Function of omenta
Cecum
Difficulty swallowing
Tighten or close an opening
Limit pertioneal infection

31. Hassan technique to...
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Pancreas
Difficulty swallowing
Insufflate co2

32. Otomy
Incision into
Insert through mouth
Retus abdominus
Mcburney

33. Gastrotomy
Digestive tract
Opening from skin to stomach
Supine
Localized tissue death

34. Position for removal of hemmroids
Kraske
Insufflate co2
Difficulty swallowing
Insert through mouth

35. Bile is produced by the...
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Liver
Serosa

36. Kocher type incision
Supine
The vagus nerve
Oblique
Mcburney

37. Parietal
Localized tissue death
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Liver
Sphincter of oddi

38. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
Opening from skin to stomach
Inguinal
Liver
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

39. Docho
Oblique
Tetany
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Common bile duct

40. What position would you use to displace abdominal contents
Trendelenberg
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Liver
In the diaphragm

41. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Produce bile
Difficulty swallowing
25%
Digestive tract

42. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
Tetany
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
The vagus nerve
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join

43. Necrosis
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Liver
Opening from skin to stomach
Localized tissue death

44. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Cecum
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Mucosa
Liquid product of digestion

45. Modified radical mastectomy
Inguinal
Mucosa
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

46. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
Glucagon
Hiatal hernia
Sphincter of oddi
The vagus nerve

47. Gastroscopy
Insert through mouth
Liver
Insufflate co2
25%

48. What organ is exocrine and endocrine
Digestive tract
Pancreas
Liver
Right Upper

49. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Stop
Esophagus
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
CBD exploration

50. Ostomy
Oblique
Insulin
Liver
Form a new opening