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Surgical First Assist
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Subjects
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health-sciences
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surgery
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he
Trochlear (IV)
Blood-tinged
Renal calyx
Quick preliminary diagnosis
2. Which cells secrete pepsinogen?
Ligament of treitz
Hand
Chief
Pinocystosis
3. A herniation of the cul-de-sac of Douglas is a/an
Enterocele
Temporal
Claw hand
Fibroblasts
4. The purpose of hemostasis is to...
Hyaluronidase
Chiba
Prevent blood loss
Co2 - nd:yag - argon
5. When performing an inguinal hernia repair and incising the external oblique muscle - the sensory nerve that innervates the scrotum and must be preserved is the
Catabolism
Ilioinguinal
Atresia
Gel pads
6. What nerves are located lateral to the long thoracic nerve and innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle
Pilocarpine
Hyaluronidase
Thoracodorsal
Boutonniere deformity
7. Which two tests are the most cost-efficient in preoperative determination of calculi in the bile tract?
Percutaneous ultrasound - liver function tests
Incisional
Iliac crest
Enterocele
8. Which cranial nerve emerges from the medulla - passes through the skull - and descends through the neck region into the thorax and abdominal region?
Hyaluronidase
X
Surgical conscience
Venous air embolism
9. What body system evokes a physiologic response that is similar to the response evoked by sympathomimetic cardiovascular drugs?
Edge of the minor calyces
Anterior cruciate
Treat hydrocephalus
Sympathetic nervous system
10. A solution used for eye irrigation is...
Recurrent laryngeal
Fifth and tenth
Middle cerebral
Balanced salt solution (BSS)
11. What is the nourishing coat of the eyeball that consists mainly of blood vessels?
Pronator teres
Choroid
Inguinal ring - inferior epigastric vessels - spermatic vessels
Talus
12. Which congential anomalies limit the skull's volume and increases the intracranial pressure?
Axillary tail of Spence
Splenomegaly
Craniosynostosis
Frozen section
13. The point of seperation between the posterior rectus sheath superiorly and absence of the sheath inferiorly is called the
Arcuate line
Meibomian gland
Radical vulvectomy
Nucleus pulposus
14. The center structure of the intervertebral disc - which may herniate into the spinal nerve is the
Nucleus pulposus
3 minutes
Body fluids and laser plume
Nonabsorbable suture on a cutting needle
15. The gelantinous substance within an intervertebral disc is called the
Inderal
Suspensory ligaments of cooper
Nucleus pulposus
Phrenic
16. What statement is correct concerning the handling of renal calculi?
Absence of a popliteal artery pulse when palpated
X
Rugae
Kept dry to avoid interference with chemical analysis
17. The setting of the pneumatic tourniquet pressure on an average adult for a lower extremity should be
Mattox
Pilocarpine
Inguinal ligament
Higher than the systolic pressure by one-half of the value
18. Acid based imbalances reflect
Basal cell carcinoma
Fifth
Hypoxia - hypothermia - and hypovolemia
Scaphoid
19. Which vein drains the right side of the vertebral column?
Azygos
Long thoracic
Extracorporeal
Superior
20. The anastomsis - or linking - of arcades between the superior and inferior mesenteric vessels is known as the long anastomosis of...
Herniation
Riolan
Each leg raised slowly and gently as it is grasped by the toes
Splenomegaly
21. The normal adult range of WBC is...
Iliac
Suspend the vesicle neck
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
Quick preliminary diagnosis
22. A major concern in draining a gangrenous gallbladder is...
Contamination
Choroid
Radical keratotomy
Anterior cruciate
23. Which dressing is used when moderate to heavy fluid drainage is expected?
Three layer
Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
Enterocele
Uterosacral
24. 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?
Peroneal
Hyaluronidase
Inguinal
The space of riolan
25. The fascia surrounding the kidney is called
Inguinal
Dura
Gerotas
Scaphoid
26. Which retractors are typically used to retract the strap muscles during a thyroidectomy?
Green
Dura
Chief
Fundus
27. Cell 'drinking' is called
Gastric bypass
Pinocystosis
Cholangitis
Hemostasis
28. Which wound complication would require immediate surgery?
Clean-contaminated wound
Bacteria
Evisceration
Taper
29. Removal of devitalized tissue is...
10 minutes
Arteriograms
Debridement
Platelets
30. Which nerve that innervates the muscles around the chin must be protected from injury when repairing a fracture of the madible?
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
5-7 days
Anaphylaxis
Marginal mandibular
31. Which arteries could be injured if the screws for an anterior cervical discectomy are placed laterally rather than straight or at a medial angle?
Mri
Vertebral
Procedure is complete
Green
32. What should be confirmed before administraion of any blood product?
Date of expiration
Wound infection
Serratus anterior
Contamination
33. The three protective tissue layers called the meninges lie in the following order - starting with the most superficial
Duramater - arachnoid - pia mater (DAP)
Radial
Bile duct
Pilocarpine
34. What is a correct statement concerning the principles of suture placment?
C2
Falciform
Sutures should be placed in deep tissue to prevent hematoma
Performed as a two handed tie
35. 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
14 - 16 mmHg
Chemoreceptor
Superficial external pudendal
Internal iliac
36. Is procaryotic
Bacteria
3 minutes
Flow decreases and pressure increases
Inferior thyroid artery
37. The donor left kidney is preferred in order to procure additional length of the
Age
Simple columnar epithelium
Vein
Chief
38. When performing a cannulated screw fixation for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures - compression of the
PaCO2
Anterior screws is competed first
Intestinal obstruction - stump rupture - sepsis
Esophagus
39. Which types of fistulas refers to leakage of urine into the vagina?
Stenosis - agenesis - membrane atresia
Vesicovaginal
Tensile strength
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
40. Delayed wound healing may be related to...
Children with spina bifida
Azygos
Scaphoid
Age
41. What cavities within the brain is filled with CSF?
Heart failure
Ventricles
Gynecologic
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
42. The dura plan that seperates the cerebrum from the cerebellum is the
Osteochondral defects
Tentorium cerebelli - transverse
Trigeminal
Bacteria
43. What are the branches of the left coronary artery?
Condensation
Paramedian
Recurrent laryngeal
Circumflex and anterior descending arteries
44. What can be a cause of locking of the knee joint?
Aureus
Osteochondral defects
Choroid
Mitral valve
45. What is the amount of time that heparin is systemically distributed in the adult?
Ampulla of vater
Radical keratotomy
3 minutes
Hematocrit
46. A vagotomy is typically performed in conjection with which other procedure?
Scaphoid
Obturator
Pyloroplasty
Myocardial ischemia
47. Which tendone is located under the clavicle and is the site of most rotator cuff repairs?
Subscapularis
Denonvilliers
Iliac
Common carotid
48. The head of the pancreas is surrounded by the
Duodenum
Falciform
Vertebral
Inferior rectal artery
49. The recurrent laryngeal nerve that supplies the vocal cords lies very close to the
Iliac crest
Aspiration
Inferior thyroid artery
Rheumatic fever
50. A common complication during emergence from general anesthesia is...
Pulmonary arteries
Hypoxia
Boutonniere deformity
4.2 - 6.1 mill/ul