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General Surgery Vocab

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1. End illeostomy created from
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Right Upper
Terminal illeum
Distal portion

2. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Distal portion
Stop
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Right Upper

3. Parietal
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Hiatal hernia
Produces vit k
Produce bile

4. Position for mcburneys
The vagus nerve
Glucagon
Supine
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...

5. The bilary tract terminates at
Cecum
Difficulty swallowing
Sphincter of oddi
Digestive tract

6. Moloney dialators used for...
Form a new opening
Esophagus
Insert through mouth
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

7. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
CBD exploration
Pancreas
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Pyloric sphincter

8. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Spleen
25%
Localized tissue death
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...

9. Prep for laparotomy
Terminal illeum
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Choecystectomy
Right Upper

10. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
25%
Trendelenberg
Mcburney
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join

11. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Breakdown
Insulin
CBD exploration
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

12. Docho
Right Upper
Tetany
Common bile duct
Glucagon

13. Small intestin food and water is controoled by what?
Pancreas
Pyloric sphincter
Form a new opening
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....

14. Purse string suture used to...
Serosa
Tighten or close an opening
Insufflate co2
Sphincter of oddi

15. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
Esophagus
Oblique
Liquid product of digestion
Glucagon

16. Necrosis
Carbon dioxide
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Localized tissue death
Digestive tract

17. Stenosis
Insulin
Hiatal hernia
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

18. Nissan fundoplication procedure is for...
Liver
Insert through mouth
Hiatal hernia
Distal portion

19. Stasis
Distal portion
Cecum
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Stop

20. Chyle
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Cholelithiasis
Partially digested food
Liquid product of digestion

21. Otomy
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Opening from skin to stomach
Esophagus
Incision into

22. In what Quadrant is the gallbladder located
25%
Right Upper
Supine
Insulin

23. What is the appendix attached to...
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Incision into
Partially digested food
Cecum

24. 3 portions of the small intestine
Insulin
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Choecystectomy
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

25. Gastroscopy
Insert through mouth
CBD exploration
Terminal illeum
Difficulty swallowing

26. Removal of gallbladder
Tetany
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Choecystectomy
Carbon dioxide

27. Hassan technique to...
25%
Insufflate co2
Mucosa
Difficulty swallowing

28. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Pancreas
Mucosa
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Sphincter of oddi

29. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Produces vit k
Breakdown
Tetany

30. Dysphagia
Opening from skin to stomach
Form a new opening
Liver
Difficulty swallowing

31. Chyme
Partially digested food
Opening from skin to stomach
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Spleen

32. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
Liquid product of digestion
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Glucagon
The vagus nerve

33. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Tetany
Spleen
Digestive tract
Difficulty swallowing

34. Function of the liver
Incision into
Limit pertioneal infection
Produce bile
Liver

35. What organ is exocrine and endocrine
Terminal illeum
Liver
CBD exploration
Pancreas

36. Ascities
Wave like motion
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Liquid product of digestion
Cholelithiasis

37. Ostomy
Cecum
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Form a new opening
Difficulty swallowing

38. Following a pancreaticoduedenectomy
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Mcburney
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

39. Recurrence of anal fissure
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Liver
25%

40. Gallstones
Cholelithiasis
Retus abdominus
Insulin
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join

41. Lysis
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Breakdown
Form a new opening
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

42. What position would you use to displace abdominal contents
Pyloric sphincter
Cecum
Stop
Trendelenberg

43. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Carbon dioxide
Insufflate co2
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Kraske

44. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Liquid product of digestion
Serosa
Sphincter of oddi
Spleen

45. Peristalsis
Liver
Wave like motion
Localized tissue death
Difficulty swallowing

46. Function of omenta
Limit pertioneal infection
Carbon dioxide
Partially digested food
Cholelithiasis

47. Position for removal of hemmroids
Cecum
Breakdown
Kraske
Esophagus

48. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
25%
Liquid product of digestion
Inguinal
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

49. Function of the colon
Pyloric sphincter
Produces vit k
Difficulty swallowing
Hiatal hernia

50. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
CBD exploration
Common bile duct
Retus abdominus
Mucosa