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






2. What is a result of potassium imbalance?






3. What may be requested during an emergency femoral embolectomy?






4. Plication of the inferior vena cava or insertion of an imbrella-type filter is performed to treat






5. What can be a cause of locking of the knee joint?






6. Infants are at risk of losing body heat quickly due to their






7. The point of seperation between the posterior rectus sheath superiorly and absence of the sheath inferiorly is called the






8. _____ is eucaryotic






9. Which of the following is an example of an isotonic IV solution?






10. The condition of imperforate anus includes these






11. Which branch of the trigeminal nerve must be identified and prserved when performing a submandibular gland removal?






12. The lithotomy position does not require






13. Ulnar nerve damage could result from






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






15. What is at the greatest risk for fluid volume deficit?






16. Dumping syndrome is a complication of...






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






18. The trauma patient with a cervical spine injury at or near C3 or C5 is at great risk for






19. High doses of nitrous oxide block the metabolism of what vitamin?






20. The branches of the aortic arch are...






21. When performing a cannulated screw fixation for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures - compression of the






22. An enzyme active in the digestion of starches is...






23. Anatomical landmarks for a laparoscopic inguinal hernia include these






24. What nerves are located lateral to the long thoracic nerve and innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle






25. What characteristics of draping materials is true?






26. The left gastric - right gastric - right gastroepiploic - left gastroepiploic - and short gastric arteries supply the






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






28. General and regional anesthesia contribute to body heat loss by causing






29. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt is used to...






30. Heat loss from the body occurs by all the following methods except






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






32. Clostridium perfringens is associated with with clinical condition?






33. When performing an open AAA - which artery or arteries are cross-clamped prior to cross-clamping the aorta?






34. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?






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






36. The type of fracture that is caused by impaction of one one upon another is...






37. What is an intraoperative hazard of laparascopic surgery?






38. Wound drains may be secured with






39. What is usually caused by an injury to the middle meningeal artery?






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






41. The correct arm placement when positioning a patient supine with arms extended on armboards is...






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






43. Cell 'drinking' is called






44. Blood passes through the bicuspid (mitral) valve when it flows from...






45. What is applied topically to arteries for prevention of vasoconstriction?






46. The normal pH of blodd is...






47. The tibial and common peroneal nerves are terminal branches of the what nerves?






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






49. What is the most common liver cancer?






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







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