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Surgical First Assist

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1. What is a correct statement concerning the principles of suture placment?






2. Studies show that the lowest infection rates have been obtained in surgical cases where patient body hair was






3. Pathologic enlargement of the male breast is called






4. What is the most common change in vital signs that are associated with early hypovolemic shock?






5. The P-wave displays__ - and the PR segment is caused by the delay in the AV node.






6. Which structures that travel thoughthe temporal bone must be identified and preserved when performing a mastoidectomy?






7. During a vascular procedure - monitoring the activated clotting time intraoperatively provides useful data for judging the need for reversal or addition of...






8. An organelle that contains digestive juices is the






9. Which fractures are caused by falling on the back of the hand with the wrist flexed - aka reverse Colles' fracture?

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10. The legal doctrine that mandages every professional to carry out his or her duties according to the national standards of care practiced throughout the country is the






11. Seperates the frontal and temporal lobes






12. Which two arteries must be preserved during pancrease retrieval?






13. During lateral positioning - a






14. The frozen section examination provides the surgen with a






15. What should be confirmed before administraion of any blood product?






16. A broad spectrum bactericidal antibiotic that interferes with synthesis of the cell wall and has a chemical structure similar to the penicillins is...






17. Extrauterine disease of the female reproductive system may utilize the following lasers via a colposcope or laparoscope






18. A patient is being evaluated for undergoing a breast reconstruction procedure and indicates she still smokes. Which procedures would the surgical assistant recommend?






19. The two muscles that form the pelvic diaphragm are...






20. When the myocardium weakens and enlarges - losing the ability to pump blood into the systemic circulation - the resulting condition is called






21. The ovarian artery is a branch of the






22. The thyroid gland consists of right and left lobes joined by the






23. What is the durg of choice when lidocaine fails to achieve response for treating ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation during sudden cardiac arrest?






24. A left subcostal incision indicates surgery of the






25. Which two tests are the most cost-efficient in preoperative determination of calculi in the bile tract?






26. What microorganisms is responsbile for causing postoperative wound edge erythema and rebound tenderness?






27. These supplies blood to the brain






28. Which nerves are dissected from the lesser curvature of the stomach when performing a highly sensitive selective vagotomy (parietal cell vagotomy)?






29. What causes localized temperature elevation during the inflammatory response?






30. In addition to the zygoma - which other bone comprises the zygomatic arch?






31. A vagotomy is typically performed in conjection with which other procedure?






32. What is not an inhalation anesthetic agent?






33. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he






34. Significantly decreased volume of circulating blood or plasma in the body may cause the patient to go into






35. Delayed wound healing may be related to...






36. Cricoid pressure is applied to prevent






37. Hesselbach's triangle is bounded by the rectus abdominis muscle - inferior epigastric vessels and






38. Fissure Sylvius separates the






39. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?






40. The gelantinous substance within an intervertebral disc is called the






41. Which cranial nerves innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye?






42. The term for a wound that completely separates and the internal organs extrude is...






43. Clostridium perfringens is associated with with clinical condition?






44. The distal tibia articulates with which structures?






45. What is a narcotic antagonist?






46. What is the anastomosis of choice when perfoming a total abdominal colectomy for ulcerative colitis?






47. The arterial branches of the celiac trunk






48. The lithotomy position does not require






49. When a drug loses its effectiveness in a patient - the patient is said to have developed






50. The arterial blood supply to the breast is supplied from branches of the






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