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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. The section of the gastrointestinal tract that is least affected by Crohn's disease is the
Mri
HCO3
Rectum
Aid in preventing surgical site infections
2. To prevent the plates - screws and rods from breaking when performing a spinal fusion - bone graft is need to fuse to...
Water
Bone
Propofol
Steri-strips
3. A Stamey endoscopic procedure is performed to...
Saphenous vein and internal mammary artery
Direct
Abduction of the shoulder
Suspend the vesicle neck
4. The great sensory nerve of the face and head is the
7-8 mg/dl
Anterior cruicate ligament
Trigeminal
Nonabsorbable suture on a cutting needle
5. The cartilage distal to the thyroid cartilage and proximal to the thyroid gland is the
Platelets
Cefazolin
Cricoid
Stomach
6. Which dressing is used when moderate to heavy fluid drainage is expected?
Vertebral
Herniation
Can cause severe ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
Three layer
7. Which cranial nerve emerges from the medulla - passes through the skull - and descends through the neck region into the thorax and abdominal region?
Secobarbital
II
Left iliac vein
X
8. The three phases wound healing include these
Obturator
Fibroplastic phase - remodeling phase - inflammatory phase
Choroid
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
9. What drug paralyzes the sphincter muscle of the iris?
Cycloplegics
Portal
Rectus muscle
Forearm
10. What types of stitch patterns provides an excellent cosmetic closure?
Can cause severe ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
Subcuticular stitch
Lembert
Hypotension
11. Drains are typically passed to the exterior through?
Stomach
Expand blood plasma volume
Adjacent stab wound incision
10 minutes
12. The most frequent site of cartilage tears in the knee joint is the
Extended beyound the basement membrane
Medial meniscus
Free TRAM flap
Iliac fossa
13. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he
Mitral valve
Splenomegaly
Renal calyx
Subclavian
14. What is used to reinforce a subcuticular closure?
Steri-strips
Expand blood plasma volume
Recurrent laryngeal
Trauma victim with extensive burns of the body
15. The large artery that arises from the left side of the aortic arch and descends into the arm is the
Pyloric stenosis
Mattox
Subclavian
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
16. The fascia surrounding the kidney is called
Contamination
Gerotas
Hypoglassal
Arch bars
17. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?
Tort
Spleen
Subcutaneous
Boutonniere deformity
18. Which vein - in addition to the gonadal and lumbar - should be clamped and ligated when performing a left kidney procurement?
Dacryocystorhinostomy
Antibodies to the donor foreign proteins
Adrenal
Thoracodorsal
19. Which organ is frequently trapped in the inguinal sac of female patients?
Ovary
Falx cerebri
Cystic duct - common hepatic duct - lower edge of the liver
Sinus
20. Which cranial nerves innervate the superior oblique muscle?
Trochlear (IV)
De Quervain's
Arrest
Abdominal aorta
21. The gelantinous substance within an intervertebral disc is called the
Fissure of rolando
Nucleus pulposus
Bacteria
Traction sutures
22. Measures to treat atelectasis include
Naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan)
Provide exposure
Pain control and early ambulation
Free TRAM flap
23. The avascular area located in the mesentery and to the left of the middle colic artery is...
Fissure of sylvius
Subscapularis
The space of riolan
Inguinal
24. Which type of needle would be selected for use on skin or tendon?
Analgesic
Edge of the minor calyces
C2
Cutting
25. The anastomsis - or linking - of arcades between the superior and inferior mesenteric vessels is known as the long anastomosis of...
Sciatic
Riolan
Pyloroplasty
Ventricular septal defect
26. What statement concerning the Bankart procedure is correct?
Nerves of latarjet
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
Wound infection
Antibiotic
27. Hesselbach's triangle is bounded by the rectus abdominis muscle - inferior epigastric vessels and
Increased blood flow
Inguinal ligament
Increase in end-tidal CO2
Hypothalamus
28. When performing a cannulated screw fixation for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures - compression of the
Anterior screws is competed first
X
Claw hand
Fungi
29. Which hernia involves the peritoneum and te abdominal viscera forms What part of the hernia sac?
Mannitol
Dehiscence
Sliding
Doctrine of reasonable man
30. Which opthalmic medications are injected into the anteior chamber during a cataract procedure to aid in keeping the iris in position prior to inserting the lens prosthesis?
Median
Isoproterenol
Acetylcholine chloride
Obturator
31. What characteristics of draping materials is true?
Thoracodorsal
Medial meniscus
Azygos
Flame-retardant
32. Which ligament connects the thryoid to the trachea?
Sinus
Triangle of Calot
Berry
Naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan)
33. The patellar ligament is attached proximally to the patella and distally to which structure?
Tibial tuberosity
Arrest
Three layer
Iliac
34. The bladder is supported by the rectovesical fascia called
Denonvilliers
Gastroduodenal
Falx cerebri
Protamine sulfate
35. The head of the pancreas is surrounded by the
Mesovarium
Aminoglycosides
Duodenum
Hypovolemic shock
36. Lymph channels run parallel to which structures?
Veins
Nerves of latarjet
Lateral pectoral - long thoracic - thoracodorsal - medial pectoral
Hypotension
37. A drug used to reverse hypotension is...
Levartenernol (levophed)
Shearing
Thrombin
Fibroblasts
38. By definition - carcinoma in situ is a malignant neoplasm that has not
Extended beyound the basement membrane
Obturator
Nucleus pulposus
Radical keratotomy
39. Which procedure is done for chronic dacryocystitis?
Internal carotid
Dacryocystorhinostomy
Tentorium cerebelli - transverse
Vesicovaginal
40. What body system evokes a physiologic response that is similar to the response evoked by sympathomimetic cardiovascular drugs?
Calcium chloride
Sympathetic nervous system
Abdomen at the cisterna chyli
Incarcerated hernia
41. The series of arcades along the mesenteric border thorughout the length of the colon is called the
Flame-retardant
Tachycardia
Levator ani
Margical artery of drummond
42. What types of blood components is the most common source of bacterial infection in a transfusion?
Underlying muscle tension
Fungi
Peroneal
Platelets
43. The most common cause of delayed wound healing in the operative patient is...
Vein
Polydioxanone
Rotter
Wound infection
44. Insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle may lead to...
15x/hr with 3 exchanges of fresh air
Levartenernol (levophed)
Vitamin B12
Myocardial infarction
45. An emergency drug used in cardiac surgery that increases myocardial contractility is...
Kraske
Duodenum
HCO3
Calcium chloride
46. Platelet concentration is often transfused during the immediate preoperative period for the purpose of...
Catabolism
Compression
Preserving clotting ability
Arteriograms
47. What local anesthetic is used most frequently for preoperative ocular-instillation?
II
Tetracaine
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
Retention
48. The white line of Hilton is situated
Sinus
Between the external and internal anal sphincters
Abducens (IV)
Rheumatic fever
49. In which incision could retention sutures be used?
Condyle
Vertical midline
Percutaneous ultrasound - liver function tests
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
50. Removal of all liver tissue to the right of the falciform ligament is called?
Trisegmentectomy
Amylase
Mastoid bone
Atresia