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General Surgery Vocab

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1. Function of omenta
Limit pertioneal infection
Trendelenberg
Common bile duct
Mucosa

2. Stenosis
Liquid product of digestion
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

3. Modified radical mastectomy
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Pyloric sphincter
Esophagus
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

4. Ostomy
Insulin
Tighten or close an opening
Form a new opening
Insert through mouth

5. Otomy
Esophagus
Opening from skin to stomach
Incision into
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

6. Gastrotomy
Opening from skin to stomach
Distal portion
Produce bile
Trendelenberg

7. What is the appendix attached to...
Partially digested food
Serosa
Cecum
Produce bile

8. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Mucosa
Wave like motion
Insulin
Difficulty swallowing

9. Recurrence of anal fissure
Mucosa
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Common bile duct
25%

10. Peristalsis
Wave like motion
Breakdown
Limit pertioneal infection
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

11. What position would you use to displace abdominal contents
Stop
Mucosa
Glucagon
Trendelenberg

12. Purse string suture used to...
Tighten or close an opening
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Distal portion
Sphincter of oddi

13. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
Localized tissue death
Produce bile
Mcburney
Choecystectomy

14. In what Quadrant is the gallbladder located
Difficulty swallowing
Sphincter of oddi
Right Upper
Spleen

15. Function of the liver
Pancreas
Produce bile
Opening from skin to stomach
Cecum

16. Docho
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Wave like motion
Common bile duct
Sphincter of oddi

17. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
25%
Distal portion
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

18. Moloney dialators used for...
Liver
Esophagus
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

19. The Illiac region of the abdomen is also known as
Inguinal
Opening from skin to stomach
Esophagus
CBD exploration

20. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Localized tissue death
Tetany
25%
Sphincter of oddi

21. largest organ of abdominal cavity
Liquid product of digestion
Liver
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Supine

22. Chyle
Inguinal
Mucosa
Liquid product of digestion
Serosa

23. Position for mcburneys
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Glucagon
Liver
Supine

24. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
Partially digested food
CBD exploration
Opening from skin to stomach
Narrowing of a vessel or structure

25. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
Retus abdominus
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Glucagon
Serosa

26. Dysphagia
The vagus nerve
Retus abdominus
Trendelenberg
Difficulty swallowing

27. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Opening from skin to stomach
Pancreas
Produces vit k
Retus abdominus

28. End illeostomy created from
Terminal illeum
Cecum
Tighten or close an opening
Localized tissue death

29. Bile is produced by the...
Produce bile
Liver
Cholelithiasis
Oblique

30. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Carbon dioxide
Trendelenberg
25%
Digestive tract

31. Gallstones
Common bile duct
25%
Inguinal
Cholelithiasis

32. 3 portions of the small intestine
Terminal illeum
Hiatal hernia
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Tetany

33. Lysis
Retus abdominus
Partially digested food
Limit pertioneal infection
Breakdown

34. Ascities
Mucosa
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Common bile duct

35. Small intestin food and water is controoled by what?
Serosa
Inguinal
Pyloric sphincter
Kraske

36. Hassan technique to...
Insufflate co2
Liver
Pancreas
Choecystectomy

37. Function of the colon
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Difficulty swallowing
Incision into
Produces vit k

38. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Limit pertioneal infection
Digestive tract
Mucosa
Tighten or close an opening

39. Kocher type incision
Wave like motion
Pyloric sphincter
Tetany
Oblique

40. What organ is exocrine and endocrine
Glucagon
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Pancreas
In the diaphragm

41. The bilary tract terminates at
Trendelenberg
Difficulty swallowing
Insert through mouth
Sphincter of oddi

42. Prep for laparotomy
Cholelithiasis
Breakdown
Opening from skin to stomach
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally

43. Necrosis
Localized tissue death
Terminal illeum
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Oblique

44. Outer layer of digestive tract
Serosa
Mucosa
Liquid product of digestion
Pancreas

45. Stasis
Carbon dioxide
Trendelenberg
Stop
Produces vit k

46. A diaphragmatic hernia is located
Wave like motion
Liquid product of digestion
Kraske
In the diaphragm

47. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
Choecystectomy
Glucagon
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Spleen

48. Parietal
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Liver
Form a new opening
Tetany

49. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Sphincter of oddi
Digestive tract
Terminal illeum
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

50. Removal of gallbladder
Breakdown
Choecystectomy
Wave like motion
Produces vit k