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Surgical First Assist
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health-sciences
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Retraction of eyelid tissues requiring intermittent retraction and release over a period of time is accomplished by utilizing
Adjacent stab wound incision
Lobar
Traction sutures
Arteriograms
2. Which term refers to the transmission of fluid along a strand of suture?
Capillarity
Balanced salt solution (BSS)
Pfannensteil
Common bile duct - ampulla of vater - intrahepatic ducts - right hepatic duct - left hepatic duct - gallbladder - cystic duct - common hepatic duct
3. Intraoperative fluid and electroyte imbalance are affected by
Inguinal ligament
Blood loss - fluid shifts and replacements
Free TRAM flap
Thoracodorsal
4. Cardioplegia induces cardiac
Arrest
II
Iliac
Brocas
5. Normal adult male range for RBC is...
Anterior screws is competed first
4.2 - 6.1 mill/ul
Mattox
Riolan
6. Serosanguineous drainage means
Basal cell carcinoma
Hemodialysis
Radical vulvectomy
Blood-tinged
7. Which arteries are contained within the cardinal ligament?
Arcuate line
Uterine
ACL
Recurrent laryngeal
8. The white line of Hilton is situated
Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
Abdominal aorta
Levator ani
Between the external and internal anal sphincters
9. Which is not a carppal bone?
Hypoxia
Recurrent laryngeal
Expand blood plasma volume
Cuboid bone
10. Normal adult range for potassium is...
Removed residual cortex
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
Inflammatory
Not removed
11. What microorganisms is responsbile for causing postoperative wound edge erythema and rebound tenderness?
Suspensory ligaments of cooper
Group B steptococci
Granulation
Marginal mandibular
12. Both direct and indirect hernias are the result of tears in the
1.015 - 1.025
Transversalis fascia
250-300mmHg
Trochlear (IV)
13. The most appropriate devices to prevent skin pressure ulcers and deep tissue injury in the OR are...
Herniation
Condyle
Transversalis fascia
Gel pads
14. A left subcostal incision indicates surgery of the
Papaverine
Spleen
Choroid
Lobar
15. 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
Ilioinguinal
Fifth
Rectal inury
Internal iliac artery
16. The node of Lund is located in the
Incarcerated hernia
Round
Debridement
Triangle of Calot
17. What should be sent postop with the patient who has arch bars applied?
Wire scissors
Winged scapula
Acromegaly
Temporal - zygomatic - buccal - madibular - cervical
18. Which incisions allow for optimal exposure of frontal sinus fractures?
Marginal mandibular
Enterocele
Coronal
Superficial external pudendal
19. Woulds in which there is significant bacterial contamination - foreign bodies - or extensive tissue trauma are generally closed by which intention?
Transversalis fascia
Granulation
Nucleus pulposus
Cholangitis
20. A cholesteatoma is a benign tumor that develops in the
Mastoid bone
Transversalis fascia
Body fluids and laser plume
Anterior screws is competed first
21. The drug added to a local anesthetic to increase diffusion is...
Anterior screws is competed first
Fifth
4.6 - 8.0
Hyaluronidase
22. In cataract surgery - a viscous jelly sometimes used to occupy space is...
Healon
Intestinal obstruction - stump rupture - sepsis
Inflammation
Inferior to the rib
23. The T-wave indicates
Chief
Recurrent laryngeal
Ventricular repolarization
Total abdominal hysterectomy
24. Deep vein thrombosis occurs most commonly in the
Left iliac vein
Delayed closure
Wire scissors
Iliac fossa
25. A thoracoabdominal incision should be used for
Hiatal hernia repair
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
The space of riolan
Extended beyound the basement membrane
26. Which vein drains the right side of the vertebral column?
Azygos
Inferior mesenteric vein - superior mesenteric vein - superior hemorrhoidal vein - splenic vein - right gastric artery - portal vein
Berry
Thrombin
27. Which surgical maneuvers refers to the dissection of the lateral peritoneal attachments of the duodenum to allow inspection of the duodenum - pancreas - and other retroperitoneal structures?
Hypoglassal
Ilioinguinal
Secobarbital
Kocher
28. Which arteries supplies the cecum - ascending colon - hepatic flexure - and proximal portion of the transverse colon?
Prevent escape of methane gas
Congestive heart failure - angina - syncope Palpitations
Purse-string
Superior mesenteric
29. What can be a cause of locking of the knee joint?
Gastroduodenal
Osteochondral defects
Hypotension
1 -000 grams
30. A wound that is left open and closed secondarily when there is no longer evidence of infection is an example of...
Anterior cruciate
Nonabsorbable suture on a cutting needle
Tensile strength
Delayed closure
31. Which nerve is at the greatest risk for injury during a thyroidectomy?
Recurrent laryngeal
Tachyphylaxis
Enterocele
1.015 - 1.025
32. The invagination of the proximal intestine into the lumen of the distal intestine is called
Intussusception
Stapedotomy
Serratus anterior
Kocher
33. During a laparoscopic hernia repair - stapling is avoided in the triangular area inferior to the internal inguinal ring called
Anaphylaxis
Triangle of doom
Reverse trendelenburg
Ventricular repolarization
34. The purpose of hemostasis is to...
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
Prevent blood loss
Hepaticojejunostomy
Pelvic exenteration
35. In which procedure would a Fogarty catheter be utilized?
Gain as much ankle joint mobility as possible
Embolectomy
Hepatic
Lateral pectoral - long thoracic - thoracodorsal - medial pectoral
36. The five branches of the facial nerve from
Condyle
Hyaluronidase
Traction sutures
Temporal - zygomatic - buccal - madibular - cervical
37. Sutures fromt he ear may be removed after
Claw hand
10 - 14 days
3 minutes
Axillary
38. The patellar ligament is attached proximally to the patella and distally to which structure?
Tibial tuberosity
Sliding
Gynecomastia
Metastatic disease
39. Which structures may be used for replacement of the ligament during an ACL repair?
Thoracodorsal
Inferior mesenteric vein - superior mesenteric vein - superior hemorrhoidal vein - splenic vein - right gastric artery - portal vein
10 - 14 days
Patellar tendon
40. A vagotomy is typically performed in conjection with which other procedure?
Marshall-Marchetti
Pyloroplasty
Total abdominal hysterectomy
Chemoreceptor
41. What antibiotics should not be given as a preoperative prophylaxis to a pediatric patient?
Levator ani
Ciprofloxacin
Differential
Peroneal
42. The distal tibia articulates with which structures?
De Quervain's
Acetylcholine chloride
Talus
Vertebral and internal carotids
43. Heat loss from the body occurs by all the following methods except
Subcutaneous
Drying of secretions
Esophagus
Condensation
44. Measures to treat atelectasis include
Cutting
Pain control and early ambulation
Genitofemoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves
Heart failure
45. When a drug loses its effectiveness in a patient - the patient is said to have developed
Poupart's ligament
Shearing
1.015 - 1.025
Tachyphylaxis
46. The usual location of a Meckel's diverticulum is...
Foramen
Approx. 2 feet from the ileocecal valve
Accessory
Suspensory ligaments of cooper
47. Surgical enlargement of the passage between the prepylorus of the stomach and the duodenum is a
Reverse trendelenburg
Pyloromyotomy
Ovary
Hepatic artery
48. When closing the peritoneum or intestine - which type of needle is used?
Taper
Falciform
Hepaticojejunostomy
Absorbable - synthetic
49. Which paired nerves must be carefully identified during a thyroidectomy?
Children with spina bifida
Ischemic orchitis
Modified radical mastectomy
Recurrent laryngeal
50. When the myocardium weakens and enlarges - losing the ability to pump blood into the systemic circulation - the resulting condition is called
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
Mastoid sinus - facial nerve
Heart failure
Middle cerebral