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Surgical First Assist

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1. What is the body's normal reponse to cell and tissue injury?






2. A vesicourethral abdominal suspension is aka






3. One kilogram is equal to...






4. What is a result of potassium imbalance?






5. When an immediate confirmation of malignancy is needed - the specimen will be sent to pathology for






6. Which two electrolytes are essential for normal cardiac contractions?






7. The veins of sappey drain the






8. Incomplete closure of paired verterbral arches that can be treated surgically is know as






9. Dextran is used parenterally to...






10. The node of Lund is located in the






11. The nerve of Grassi is associated with the






12. Which cranial nerve emerges from the medulla - passes through the skull - and descends through the neck region into the thorax and abdominal region?






13. Which is an alternate procedure to stapedectomy?






14. Which artery is susceptible to injury during a cholesycstecomy?






15. The only depolarizing muscle relaxant in clinical use is...






16. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to...






17. Endoscopic knot tying performed externally - introduced - and secured intra-abdominally is...






18. Which two tests are the most cost-efficient in preoperative determination of calculi in the bile tract?






19. The reversal agent for heparin-induced anticoagulant is...






20. The inner lining of the mucosa of the g.i. tract is composed of...






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






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






23. The uterine artery is a branch of th anterior trunk of the






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






25. A sigmoid colostomy is brought through the






26. What is not an inhalation anesthetic agent?






27. Removal of all liver tissue to the right of the falciform ligament is called?






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






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






30. During the adminstration of general anesthesia - there is a loss of the eyelid reflex in stage






31. Where is Hartmann's pouch located?






32. A drug combined with heparin that causes a postop loss of anticoagulant activity is...






33. What statement concerning the Bankart procedure is correct?






34. The drug added to a local anesthetic to increase diffusion is...






35. Which incisions allow for optimal exposure of frontal sinus fractures?






36. Which anastomoses is accomplished during a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)?






37. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt is used to...






38. Fissure Sylvius separates the






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






40. Wich hemostatic agents are most frequently used during a spinal fusion?






41. Collagen is produced by which connective tissue cells?






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






43. Water constitutes What average normal percentage of total body weight?






44. The cartilage distal to the thyroid cartilage and proximal to the thyroid gland is the






45. What is the most common liver cancer?






46. Wound classification is assigned when






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






48. An organelle that contains digestive juices is the






49. Retraction of eyelid tissues requiring intermittent retraction and release over a period of time is accomplished by utilizing






50. Hernia means