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Surgical First Assist
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health-sciences
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An organelle that is responsible for the packaging of proteins is the
Median
Golgi complex
Boutonniere deformity
Rectum
2. An emergency drug used in cardiac surgery that increases myocardial contractility is...
Taper
Adrenal
Calcium chloride
Femoral hernia
3. What types of stitches incoporates the seromuscular layer and submucosa?
Lembert
Iliac crest
Debridement
Sciatic
4. Which nerves are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
Pulmonary embolus
Median
Iliac crest
5. Which types of fistulas refers to leakage of urine into the vagina?
Platelets
Inguinal ligament
Increase in end-tidal CO2
Vesicovaginal
6. Which nerves are most frequently injured due to a shoulder dislocation?
Stomach
Falciform
Nephrostomy
Axillary
7. Which retractors are typically used to retract the strap muscles during a thyroidectomy?
Analgesic
Ventricular septal defect
Green
Nephroblastoma
8. The lithotomy position does not require
Each leg raised slowly and gently as it is grasped by the toes
Platelets
Aid in preventing surgical site infections
Pyloroplasty
9. The structure that bind the small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall is the
Steri-strips
Pronator teres
Taper
Mesentery
10. To prevent the plates - screws and rods from breaking when performing a spinal fusion - bone graft is need to fuse to...
Bone
Caesarean section
Duramater - arachnoid - pia mater (DAP)
Oddi
11. Following injury to the lower limb - your patient's knee is evaluated. His leg can easily be displaced anteriorly on a fixed thigh. This would indicate a torn
Iliac fossa
Percutaneous ultrasound - liver function tests
Anterior cruicate ligament
Chemoreceptor
12. When performing a radical cystectomy with ileal conduit - Which is an alternative patient position that a surgeon may prefer?
Fissure of rolando
Low lithotomy
Hyaluronidase
Poupart's ligament
13. Both direct and indirect hernias are the result of tears in the
Renal pelvis
Transversalis fascia
Procedure is complete
PaCO2
14. During a vascular procedure - monitoring the activated clotting time intraoperatively provides useful data for judging the need for reversal or addition of...
Paramedian
Obturator
Calcium chloride
Heparin
15. The series of arcades along the mesenteric border thorughout the length of the colon is called the
Femoral hernia
Lembert
Margical artery of drummond
Inderal
16. Which vein drains the right side of the vertebral column?
Azygos
Thrombin
Penicillinase-resistant penicillin
Hepatic artery
17. Removal of all liver tissue to the right of the falciform ligament is called?
Extended beyound the basement membrane
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
Trisegmentectomy
Scleral buckling
18. A Stamey endoscopic procedure is performed to...
Suspend the vesicle neck
7-8 mg/dl
Cecum
Peroneal
19. The invagination of the proximal intestine into the lumen of the distal intestine is called
Fissure of rolando
Intussusception
Pulmonary embolus
Genitofemoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves
20. Significantly decreased volume of circulating blood or plasma in the body may cause the patient to go into
Lidocaine
250-300mmHg
Hypovolemic shock
Date of expiration
21. When performing a tympanoplasty - the graft is secured to the oval window when
Epidural hematoma
Recurrent laryngeal
The footplate of the stapes cannot move
Positioned on the fracture table
22. What is the durg of choice when lidocaine fails to achieve response for treating ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation during sudden cardiac arrest?
Aqueduct of Sylvius
Rectal inury
Bretylium
Iliac crest
23. Which cranial nerve emerges from the medulla - passes through the skull - and descends through the neck region into the thorax and abdominal region?
X
the right atrium to the right ventricle
Procedure is complete
Granulation
24. Wich hemostatic agents are most frequently used during a spinal fusion?
Pronator teres
Approx. 2 feet from the ileocecal valve
Three layer
Thrombin
25. What involves small - corneal incisions as treatment for myopia?
Radical keratotomy
Arrest
Rectal inury
Fluorescein sodium
26. The ovarian artery is a branch of the
Polydioxanone
Isoproterenol
Abdominal aorta
5-7 days
27. In severe aortic stenosis the following are indications for valve replacement
Inferior thyroid artery
Accessory
Congestive heart failure - angina - syncope Palpitations
Azygos
28. The arterial blood supply to the breast is supplied from branches of the
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
Adrenal
Renal pelvis
Anterior screws is competed first
29. At which vertebral level is the ondontoid process located?
Fundus
Spleen
C2
1.015 - 1.025
30. Which is the best indicator for possible failure of a below-th-knee amputation to heal?
Triangle of Calot
Vein
Healon
Absence of a popliteal artery pulse when palpated
31. A procedure to treat retinal detachment is...
Thoracodorsal
Incarcerated hernia
Scleral buckling
Rugae
32. Which vein proximally travels across the neck of the abdominal aorta?
Duodenum
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
Renal
Inguinal ligament
33. The uterine artery is a branch of th anterior trunk of the
Chief
Left gastric - splenic - and hepatic arteries
Internal iliac artery
Open
34. At what point does the external iliac artery become the femoral artery?
Green
Hypothyroidism - tetany - hoarseness
Ilioinguinal
At the location of the inguinal ligament
35. By definition - carcinoma in situ is a malignant neoplasm that has not
Extended beyound the basement membrane
Klatskin
Temporal
Modified radical mastectomy
36. A tumor that involves the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts?
Klatskin
Treat hydrocephalus
Peripheral vascular disease
Ventricular septal defect
37. Which fractures is most commonly associated with a fat embolism?
Hepatic artery
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
Femur
Delayed closure
38. The great sensory nerve of the face and head is the
Enterocele
Trigeminal
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
Tibial tuberosity
39. Which anastomoses is accomplished during a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)?
Hepaticojejunostomy
Radical vulvectomy
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal
Congenital aganglionosis
40. What is the most common physically identifiable pathology of portal hypertension?
Radical keratotomy
Follicular
Taper
Splenomegaly
41. One kilogram is equal to...
1 -000 grams
Middle cerebral
Removed residual cortex
Fissure of sylvius
42. Cephalothin sodium (Keflin) is a/an
Pinocystosis
Rectal inury
Antibiotic
Venous air embolism
43. Which incision is indicated for an esophagogastrectomy?
Hypothyroidism - tetany - hoarseness
Thoracoabdominal
Mannitol
Pronator teres
44. Intercostal nerves and vessels are located
Sympathetic nervous system
Internal iliac
Inferior to the rib
Increase in end-tidal CO2
45. Plication of the inferior vena cava or insertion of an imbrella-type filter is performed to treat
Nucleus pulposus
Simple columnar epithelium
Hepatic artery
Pulmonary embolus
46. The normal adult range of WBC is...
Duodenum
Mitral valve
Inderal
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
47. The section of the gastrointestinal tract that is least affected by Crohn's disease is the
Sinus
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
Subcuticular stitch
Rectum
48. The small ducts that drain bile directly into the gallbladder are called
Splenic - superior mesenteric
PaCO2
Hepatic
Subcuticular stitch
49. When assisting the surgeon with the draping - where should the surgical assistant stand in relation to the surgeon?
Infraumbilical
Bradycardia
Gel pads
On the opposite side of the OR table from the surgeon
50. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?
According to surgeon's preference
De Quervain's
Polydioxanone
Foramen of Monro