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Surgical First Assist

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






2. Mechanical - thermal - and chemical are appropriate mechanisms to achieve






3. Polyglactin 910 suture is...






4. To perform cholangiography - which duct is identified and incised for placement of the cholangiocatheter?






5. The carotid body and carotid sinus are two sensory structures; the carotid body is a






6. An emergency drug that increases myocardial contractility is...






7. Which type of hernias occur in Hesselbach's triangle?






8. Intercostal nerves and vessels are located






9. What is an abnormal activiated clotting time?






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






11. What is the nourishing coat of the eyeball that consists mainly of blood vessels?






12. Which ligaments enclose the round ligament and extends from the lateral surface of the uterus to the pelvic wall?






13. 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?






14. The lateral ventricles within the cerebral hemisphere communicate with the third ventricle through the opening called






15. Jackson's membrane would be found near the






16. Seepage of skin preparation solution under a patient may result in a






17. The correct range for the pneumatic tourniquet pressure on an average adult for an upper extremity is...






18. Which nerves are at risk for injury when a humeral shaft fracture occurs?






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






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






21. The opthalmic artery divides into the






22. When assisting the surgeon with the draping - where should the surgical assistant stand in relation to the surgeon?






23. What is a correct statement concerning the principles of suture placment?






24. What types of incisions are used for laparscopy?






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






26. What should not be administered to a patient who is exhibiting asystole?






27. The reactions ototoxity and nephrotoxity can be a result of administering






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






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






30. The normal pH of urine is...






31. Common pathogens infecting traumatic wounds often require the use of...






32. Sutures fromt he ear may be removed after






33. What is the fornix in the kidney organ?






34. What microorganisms is responsbile for causing postoperative wound edge erythema and rebound tenderness?






35. Increased WBC - bilirubin - alkaline phosphatase and positive blood culture would be associated with






36. What is the surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux?






37. Deep vein thrombosis occurs most commonly in the






38. Which ligaments that contain fibrous tissue and non-striated muscle fibers passes in the inferior direction from the cervix on each side of the rectum to the front of the sacrum?






39. The great sensory nerve of the face and head is the






40. What is the most common liver cancer?






41. Measures to treat atelectasis include






42. What are complications of internal K-wire fixation f a Colles' fracture?






43. The most reliable tendon graft for primary reconstruction of the anteior cruciate ligament is...






44. Which procedures involve abdominal - perineal - and groin dissection?






45. Pathologic enlargement of the male breast is called






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






47. The nerve of Grassi is associated with the






48. A vulsellum forceps is used in ___ surgery.






49. Which structures must be anastomosed during a liver transplant?






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