SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Surgical First Assist
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
health-sciences
,
surgery
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What statement describes a nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve?
Variant laryngeal nerve that branches from the vagus and travels directly into the larynx
C2
Common bile duct - ampulla of vater - intrahepatic ducts - right hepatic duct - left hepatic duct - gallbladder - cystic duct - common hepatic duct
7-8 mg/dl
2. In cataract surgery - a viscous jelly sometimes used to occupy space is...
Protamine sulfate
Santorini
Aspiration
Healon
3. Heat loss from the body occurs by all the following methods except
Hypotension
Hepaticojejunostomy
Holds each individual responsible for his or her own actions
Condensation
4. The frozen section examination provides the surgen with a
Quick preliminary diagnosis
Improve wound visibility
Splenectomy
Age
5. During a Whipple procedure - what surgical maneuvers are performed to dissect the lateral peritoneal attachments of the duodenum?
Right and left common iliacs
Kocher
Cuboid bone
50-70%
6. An emergency durg used for treating ventricular fibrilation or tachycardia is...
Tachyphylaxis
Inderal
Shearing
Open
7. Which cells secrete pepsinogen?
Sciatic
Cholangitis
Ampulla of vater
Chief
8. The principal goal of the surgical assistant during the surgical procedure is to...
Provide exposure
4.6 - 8.0
Stomach
Veins
9. The nerves int he axillary region
Brocas
Group B steptococci
Patellar
Lateral pectoral - long thoracic - thoracodorsal - medial pectoral
10. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?
Polydioxanone
Intestinal obstruction - stump rupture - sepsis
Uterosacral
Respiratory difficulties
11. A sigmoid colostomy is brought through the
Hypocalcemia
Hemodialysis
Subscapularis
Rectus muscle
12. Which term refers to the transmission of fluid along a strand of suture?
Capillarity
Balanced salt solution (BSS)
Right hepatic
Inferior mesenteric vein - superior mesenteric vein - superior hemorrhoidal vein - splenic vein - right gastric artery - portal vein
13. Between what postop days can dehiscence typically occur?
Suspend the vesicle neck
Emissary
Traction sutures
Fifth and tenth
14. The arterial blood supply to the breast is supplied from branches of the
Boutonniere deformity
Low lithotomy
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
Performed as a two handed tie
15. The drug added to a local anesthetic to increase diffusion is...
Hyaluronidase
Stomach
Bile duct
Secobarbital
16. The center structure of the intervertebral disc - which may herniate into the spinal nerve is the
Broad
Lobar
Winged scapula
Nucleus pulposus
17. What statement is correct concerning the handling of renal calculi?
Vertebral and internal carotids
Saphenous vein and internal mammary artery
Kept dry to avoid interference with chemical analysis
Axillary
18. Which nerves are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?
Testicles
Median
Brachiocephalic - left common carotid - left subclavian
Aureus
19. The arterial supply to the bladder is derives mainly from the
Isthmus
Bile duct
Increased blood flow
Internal iliac
20. What should be confirmed before administraion of any blood product?
Date of expiration
Marginal mandibular
Abdomen at the cisterna chyli
Radical keratotomy
21. A vagotomy is typically performed in conjection with which other procedure?
Renal pelvis
Pyloroplasty
Underlying muscle tension
Transversalis fascia
22. What types of blood components is the most common source of bacterial infection in a transfusion?
Body fluids and laser plume
Scleral buckling
Platelets
Cricoid
23. Increased WBC - bilirubin - alkaline phosphatase and positive blood culture would be associated with
Cholangitis
Perforation
Pfannensteil
Hold everyone legally responsible for their hown negligent acts
24. To establish a tracheostomy - a transverse or midilne incision is made in the neck between the
Mastoid bone
Traction sutures
Hemostasis
Cricoid cartilage and suprasternal notch
25. What is the fornix in the kidney organ?
Pilocarpine
Edge of the minor calyces
Cycloplegics
Femoral hernia
26. A procedure to treat retinal detachment is...
Scleral buckling
Hiatal hernia repair
Labrum
0.9% sodium chloride
27. Which artery is susceptible to injury during a cholesycstecomy?
Marcaine
Quick preliminary diagnosis
Right hepatic
Epithelium
28. What types of incisions are used for laparscopy?
Myocardial infarction
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal
Infraumbilical
Chemical burn
29. What microorganisms is responsbile for causing postoperative wound edge erythema and rebound tenderness?
Embolectomy
Group B steptococci
1.015 - 1.025
Hypovolemic shock
30. 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
Drying of secretions
Doctrine of reasonable man
Flow decreases and pressure increases
Fracture of the proximal third of the ulna with radial dislocation
31. During the adminstration of general anesthesia - there is a loss of the eyelid reflex in stage
Superficial peroneal
II
Lower leg flexed - upper leg straight
Mannitol
32. During a laparoscopic hernia repair - stapling is avoided in the triangular area inferior to the internal inguinal ring called
Triangle of doom
Thrombin
1.015 - 1.025
Protamine sulfate
33. What is the body's normal reponse to cell and tissue injury?
At the location of the inguinal ligament
Common carotid
Trisegmentectomy
Inflammation
34. Meningiomas are benign tumors that originate in the
Hepatic
Bacteria
Dura
Abducens (IV)
35. Is procaryotic
Heparin
Vein
Calcium chloride
Bacteria
36. The coronary arteries originate at the base of the ascending aorta - aka
Sinuses of Valsalva
Approx. 2 feet from the ileocecal valve
Retromammary space
Iliac crest
37. What is usually caused by an injury to the middle meningeal artery?
Aqueduct of Sylvius
1.015 - 1.025
Right and left common iliacs
Epidural hematoma
38. 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
Anterior cruicate ligament
Embolectomy
Fracture of the proximal third of the ulna with radial dislocation
Right hepatic artery - left hepatic artery - proper hepatic artery - celiac trunk - splenic trunk - left gastric artery - common hepatic artery - gastroduodenal artery
39. Body temperature is regulated by the
C2
Surgical conscience
Hypothalamus
Tetracaine
40. When performing a cannulated screw fixation for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures - compression of the
Expand blood plasma volume
Adrenal
Anterior screws is competed first
Incarcerated hernia
41. A tumor that involves the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts?
Rotter
Iliac
Holds each individual responsible for his or her own actions
Klatskin
42. What structures of the kidney does urine drain into the major calyces?
Renal pelvis
Internal carotid
Inflammatory
Boutonniere deformity
43. The lithotomy position does not require
Subcutaneous
Each leg raised slowly and gently as it is grasped by the toes
Frozen section
Bradycardia
44. Which cranial nerves innervate the superior oblique muscle?
Scleral buckling
Iliac crest
Subclavian
Trochlear (IV)
45. What is a fibrocartilage structure of the acetabular fossa that encloses the head of the femur?
Labrum
Armboards extended <90 - with palms facing up
Fifth
Vertical midline
46. When performing a high ligation and stripping of the great saphenous vein - which arteries are located at the saphenofemoral junction and should be kept from injury
Kidney
Superficial external pudendal
Axillary tail of Spence
Radial
47. Failure of the intestines to encapsulate within the peritoneal cavity of a newborn is...
Between the external and internal anal sphincters
15x/hr with 3 exchanges of fresh air
Omphalocele
Hypothyroidism - tetany - hoarseness
48. The branches of the aortic arch are...
Brachiocephalic - left common carotid - left subclavian
Oddi
Broad
Catabolism
49. What drug paralyzes the sphincter muscle of the iris?
Suprasternal notch
Cycloplegics
Modified radical mastectomy
Circumflex and anterior descending arteries
50. What is the most common type of hernia that occurs in females?
Subscapularis
PaCO2
Marshall-Marchetti
Femoral hernia