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Surgical First Assist

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1. Lidocaine with epinephrine is contraindicated in surgery of the






2. What is a narcotic antagonist?






3. The patellar ligament is attached proximally to the patella and distally to which structure?






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






5. Collagen is produced by which connective tissue cells?






6. The valve that prevents the retrograde flow of blood into the atrium from the left ventricle is the






7. Postop hernias are common after which incisions?






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






9. Adenocarcinoma of th head of the pancreas can result in jaundice - because of compression of the






10. What drug paralyzes the sphincter muscle of the iris?






11. The most common intraabdominal childhood tumor is...






12. A major concern in draining a gangrenous gallbladder is...






13. What is the most common type of hernia that occurs in females?






14. What is the most common physically identifiable pathology of portal hypertension?






15. Hirschsprung's disease is synonymous with






16. A Stamey endoscopic procedure is performed to...






17. A rounded protuberance found at a point of articulation with another bone is called a






18. The anastomsis - or linking - of arcades between the superior and inferior mesenteric vessels is known as the long anastomosis of...






19. Which type of needle would be selected for use on skin or tendon?






20. What dye is used in opthalmic surgery to diagnose corneal abrasions?






21. Intraoperative fluid and electroyte imbalance are affected by






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






23. Which fractures is most commonly associated with a fat embolism?






24. Newborn vomiting - free of bile - and projectile in nature - is indicative of...






25. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?






26. In order to preserve the hepatic artery during liver and pancreas procurement - Which branch artery must be identified and ligated?






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






28. What characteristics of draping materials is true?






29. The area where the common bile duct joins the pancreatic duct and enters the duodenum is called the






30. When drawing a blood sample - a safe time lapse between blood drawing and analysis is...






31. Which retractors are typically used to retract the strap muscles during a thyroidectomy?






32. A procedure to treat retinal detachment is...






33. A drug used to reverse hypotension is...






34. The arterial blood supply to the nose is from branches of the internal and external






35. Which congential anomalies limit the skull's volume and increases the intracranial pressure?






36. Jackson's membrane would be found near the






37. The most common congenital defect of the heart is a






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






39. A wound that is left open and closed secondarily when there is no longer evidence of infection is an example of...






40. Which ligament is attached to the posterior lateral condyle of the femur and to the notch of the midline of the tibia between the tibial condyle?






41. Failure of the intestines to encapsulate within the peritoneal cavity of a newborn is...






42. Which site is used for autotransplanting one or more of the parathyroid glands?






43. Wound drains may be secured with






44. Sutures placed in a wound to prevent wound evisceration are called






45. The setting of the pneumatic tourniquet pressure on an average adult for a lower extremity should be






46. Normal adult range for sodium is...






47. When positioning a patient for a gnecological procedure involving the candy cane stirrups - the surgical assistant is deliverate in avoiding pressure on the laterl aspect of the patient's knee to prevent injury to which nerve?






48. Impaired healing of a vertical abdominal incision can result in






49. Which cranial nerves innervate the superior oblique muscle?






50. In cataract surgery - a viscous jelly sometimes used to occupy space is...