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General Surgery Vocab

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1. 3 portions of the small intestine
Cholelithiasis
Glucagon
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Trendelenberg

2. Position for mcburneys
Kraske
Supine
Wave like motion
Insert through mouth

3. Purse string suture used to...
Pancreas
Right Upper
Liver
Tighten or close an opening

4. Prep for laparotomy
Produce bile
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Liquid product of digestion
Hiatal hernia

5. Ascities
Esophagus
Limit pertioneal infection
Tetany
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes

6. Where is the linea alba located
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Tetany
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

7. Recurrence of anal fissure
Terminal illeum
25%
Carbon dioxide
Partially digested food

8. Lysis
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Insert through mouth
Inguinal
Breakdown

9. Function of the liver
Produce bile
Form a new opening
Insulin
In the diaphragm

10. Alpha cells of islets of langerhans produces
Distal portion
Inguinal
Glucagon
Produces vit k

11. End illeostomy created from
Tetany
Terminal illeum
Opening from skin to stomach
Esophagus

12. Hassan technique to...
Opening from skin to stomach
Carbon dioxide
Insufflate co2
Liver

13. The xiphoid process is located where on the sternum
Form a new opening
Breakdown
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Distal portion

14. What do you use to insufflate the abdomen
Incision into
Breakdown
Medially where the abdominal aponeurosa join
Carbon dioxide

15. What other instrument set is used during a cholecystectomy
Tetany
Hiatal hernia
Distal portion
CBD exploration

16. Otomy
Incision into
Terminal illeum
Pancreas
Choecystectomy

17. Necrosis
Produce bile
Liver
Localized tissue death
Common bile duct

18. Single largest mass of lymphatic tissue
The vagus nerve
Spleen
Carbon dioxide
Right Upper

19. Gastroscopy
Insert through mouth
Glucagon
Limit pertioneal infection
Kraske

20. The inner layer of the digestive tract
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Pancreas
Breast and axillary lymph nodes
Mucosa

21. The alimentary canal is also known as the
Digestive tract
Distal portion
Insufflate co2
In the diaphragm

22. What is the appendix attached to...
Limit pertioneal infection
Spleen
Cecum
Oblique

23. Removal of parathyroid glands leads to...
Liquid product of digestion
Tetany
Insufflate co2
Difficulty swallowing

24. Stenosis
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Incision into
Wave like motion
Spleen

25. largest organ of abdominal cavity
Right Upper
Liver
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Esophagus

26. What type of incision is used for an appendectomy
The vagus nerve
Mcburney
Digestive tract
Produce bile

27. Removal of gallbladder
Liver
Partially digested food
Insert through mouth
Choecystectomy

28. The bilary tract terminates at
Pyloric sphincter
Sphincter of oddi
Carbon dioxide
Cecum

29. Nissan fundoplication procedure is for...
Esophagus
Distal portion
Hiatal hernia
Mcburney

30. A diaphragmatic hernia is located
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Opening from skin to stomach
In the diaphragm
Oblique

31. Modified radical mastectomy
Supine
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
In the diaphragm
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

32. Gallstones
In the diaphragm
Common bile duct
Breakdown
Cholelithiasis

33. Beta cells from islets of langerhans to make
Produces vit k
Trendelenberg
Insulin
Mcburney

34. Function of omenta
Partially digested food
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
25%
Limit pertioneal infection

35. Dysphagia
Form a new opening
Insufflate co2
Difficulty swallowing
Cecum

36. Parasympathetic innervation to the stomach is provided By what nerve
Trendelenberg
Cecum
The vagus nerve
Produce bile

37. Parietal
Outside wall of cavity or organ
Trendelenberg
Limit pertioneal infection
In the diaphragm

38. Chyme
Partially digested food
Abnormal collection of fluid protein and electrolytes
Produces vit k
Outside wall of cavity or organ

39. Chyle
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Liquid product of digestion
25%
Digestive tract

40. What position would you use to displace abdominal contents
Mid chest to mid thighs bilaterally
Trendelenberg
Terminal illeum
Breast and axillary lymph nodes

41. Peristalsis
Supine
Wave like motion
Right Upper
Limit pertioneal infection

42. Long - vertical - straplike muscle of the abdomen
Cecum
Spleen
Retus abdominus
Tighten or close an opening

43. Following a pancreaticoduedenectomy
In the diaphragm
Pancreaticjejunostomy etc....
Liver
The vagus nerve

44. Whipple pancreaticoduedenectomy
Tighten or close an opening
Head of pancreas - distal 1/3 of stomach - duedonum etc...
Liver
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum

45. Bile is produced by the...
Produce bile
Breakdown
Trendelenberg
Liver

46. Function of the colon
Duedonum -jejuneum -illeum
Choecystectomy
Produces vit k
Opening from skin to stomach

47. What organ is exocrine and endocrine
Pancreas
Trendelenberg
Tetany
Partially digested food

48. Stasis
Tetany
Cholelithiasis
Stop
Esophagus

49. Outer layer of digestive tract
Narrowing of a vessel or structure
Cholelithiasis
Partially digested food
Serosa

50. Docho
Form a new opening
Right Upper
Cholelithiasis
Common bile duct