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Surgical First Assist

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1. Hemolytic reactions caused by ABO






2. Which cells secrete pepsinogen?






3. What methods should the surgical assistant consider when cutting sutures?

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4. What is a potential physiological response when lowering patient's legs from the lithotomy position?






5. The white line of Hilton is situated






6. Hesselbach's triangle is bounded by the rectus abdominis muscle - inferior epigastric vessels and






7. At which vertebral level is the ondontoid process located?






8. Which lasers are used to destroy the lens casule during cataract surgery?






9. The normal pH of blodd is...






10. Which hernia is typically the result of postoperative wound dehiscence?






11. What nerves innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle?






12. Which position would be the most optimal for a pilonidal cycstectomy?






13. An imperforation or closure of a normal opening is called






14. What would affect normal wound healing?






15. During a Whipple procedure - what surgical maneuvers are performed to dissect the lateral peritoneal attachments of the duodenum?






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






17. What is the amount of time that heparin is systemically distributed in the adult?






18. The recurrent laryngeal nerve that supplies the vocal cords lies very close to the






19. The arterial supply to the bladder is derives mainly from the






20. What is a fibrocartilage structure of the acetabular fossa that encloses the head of the femur?






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






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






23. An emergency drug used in cardiac surgery that increases myocardial contractility is...






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






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






26. A cholesteatoma is a benign tumor that develops in the






27. When performing a high ligation and stripping of the great saphenous vein - which arteries are located at the saphenofemoral junction and should be kept from injury






28. The normal adult range of WBC is...






29. What antibiotics should not be given as a preoperative prophylaxis to a pediatric patient?






30. The thyroid gland consists of right and left lobes joined by the






31. The position used typically in thyroid and gallbladder surgery is...






32. In severe aortic stenosis the following are indications for valve replacement






33. Which hernia involves the peritoneum and te abdominal viscera forms What part of the hernia sac?






34. 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?






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






36. The lithotomy position does not require






37. Which diagnostic imaging techniques are used to aid in diagnosing a rotator cuff tear?






38. Which vein is shared by the pancreas and liver?






39. According to the Mallampati classification of preoperatively assessing airway adequacy for intubation purposes What is Class III?






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






41. At what point does the external iliac artery become the femoral artery?






42. The narrow rim of fibrocartilage around the edge of the glenoid cavity is...






43. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?






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






45. The primary drug utilized to treat MH is...






46. Which site is used for autotransplanting one or more of the parathyroid glands?






47. To establish a tracheostomy - a transverse or midilne incision is made in the neck between the






48. Which nerves are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?






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






50. What causes localized temperature elevation during the inflammatory response?