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General Surgery Vocab

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1. Modified radical mastectomy
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Spleen
Hiatal hernia
Cecum

2. Gastrotomy
Opening from skin to stomach
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Distal portion
Serosa

3. Chyle
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Oblique
Cecum
Liquid product of digestion

4. Peristalsis
Produces vit k
Choecystectomy
Wave like motion
Sphincter of oddi

5. End illeostomy created from
Terminal illeum
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Tighten or close an opening
Mcburney

6. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Liver
Localized tissue death
Insulin
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

7. Moloney dialators used for...
In the diaphragm
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Breakdown
Esophagus

8. Function of the colon
Form a new opening
Difficulty swallowing
Pyloric sphincter
Produces vit k

9. Stasis
Stop
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Difficulty swallowing

10. Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
Mcburney
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
25%

11. Chyme
Carbon dioxide
Incision into
Partially digested food
Glucagon

12. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Tighten or close an opening
Distal portion
Spleen
Mucosa

13. Small intestin food and water is controoled by what?
Pyloric sphincter
Opening from skin to stomach
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Pancreas

14. Purse string suture used to...
Tighten or close an opening
Trendelenberg
Right Upper
Spleen

15. Gastroscopy
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Insert through mouth
Esophagus
Partially digested food

16. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Spleen
Choecystectomy
Hiatal hernia
Cholelithiasis

17. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Tetany
Liquid product of digestion
Incision into

18. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
Localized tissue death
Oblique
The vagus nerve
In the diaphragm

19. A diaphragmatic hernia is located
Inguinal
Stop
In the diaphragm
Mucosa

20. Kocher type incision
Oblique
Partially digested food
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Distal portion

21. Function of omenta
Limit pertioneal infection
Incision into
Tighten or close an opening
Retus abdominus

22. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Insulin
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Carbon dioxide
25%

23. In what Quadrant is the gallbladder located
Right Upper
Sphincter of oddi
Liquid product of digestion
Cecum

24. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
Supine
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
CBD exploration
Trendelenberg

25. Docho
Wave like motion
Mucosa
Common bile duct
Stop

26. 3 portions of the small intestine
Mcburney
Terminal illeum
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Inguinal

27. Hassan technique to...
Hiatal hernia
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Supine
Insufflate co2

28. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Insufflate co2
Tighten or close an opening
Digestive tract
Esophagus

29. Where is the linea alba located
Right Upper
Tetany
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Insert through mouth

30. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
In the diaphragm
Mcburney
Choecystectomy
Glucagon

31. Outer layer of digestive tract
Difficulty swallowing
Localized tissue death
Inguinal
Serosa

32. Parietal
Wave like motion
Cecum
Tighten or close an opening
Outside wall of cavity or organ

33. Gallstones
Choecystectomy
Wave like motion
Cholelithiasis
The vagus nerve

34. Following a pancreaticoduedenectomy
Hiatal hernia
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Kraske

35. Ascities
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Incision into
The vagus nerve

36. Otomy
Limit pertioneal infection
Incision into
Difficulty swallowing
Sphincter of oddi

37. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Insufflate co2
Cholelithiasis
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Difficulty swallowing

38. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Produce bile
Glucagon
Mucosa
Liver

39. Ostomy
Form a new opening
Localized tissue death
Cecum
Limit pertioneal infection

40. Function of the liver
Cholelithiasis
Opening from skin to stomach
Produce bile
Spleen

41. Stenosis
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Supine
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Opening from skin to stomach

42. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Carbon dioxide
Liquid product of digestion
Mcburney

43. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Right Upper
Limit pertioneal infection
Insulin
Retus abdominus

44. Prep for laparotomy
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Opening from skin to stomach
Partially digested food
Liquid product of digestion

45. Recurrence of anal fissure
25%
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Produces vit k
Hiatal hernia

46. Position for mcburneys
Liver
Mcburney
Supine
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

47. Removal of gallbladder
Limit pertioneal infection
CBD exploration
Oblique
Choecystectomy

48. Lysis
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Difficulty swallowing
Common bile duct
Breakdown

49. What is the appendix attached to...
Kraske
Liquid product of digestion
Cecum
Cholelithiasis

50. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Inguinal
Esophagus
Glucagon