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Surgical First Assist

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1. Which phase of healing begins within minutes of injury?






2. Normal adult range for sodium is...






3. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to...






4. When removing anal warts with a laser - the rectum is packed with a wet sponge to...






5. What is not considered a permanent urinary diversion?






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






7. Cephalothin sodium (Keflin) is a/an






8. What is the purpose for the surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula?






9. When establishing the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic procedures - the CO2 gas pressure is kept between






10. If the suture breaks and the remainder of the suture line stays intact - which suture technique was utitlized?






11. The wound classification of a thoracotomy is...






12. The most common skin cancer is...






13. The gelantinous substance within an intervertebral disc is called the






14. The structure that bind the small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall is the






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






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






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






18. Which disorders are characteriezed by compression of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendon near the radial styloid process?

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19. What blood componenets are essential in clot formation?






20. During a laparoscopic hernia repair - stapling is avoided in the triangular area inferior to the internal inguinal ring called






21. The trendelengurg position would be most appropriate for which procedure?






22. Which of the following veins drains the intracranial venous sinuses to veins on the outside of the skull?






23. Which types of fractures is at the greatest risk for infection?






24. Which muscle is an important anatomical landmark in fractures of the forearm?






25. Intraoperative fluid and electroyte imbalance are affected by






26. The usual location of a Meckel's diverticulum is...






27. Which wound complication would require immediate surgery?






28. Which vein - in addition to the gonadal and lumbar - should be clamped and ligated when performing a left kidney procurement?






29. Dextran is used parenterally to...






30. What is a measurement of the pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood?






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






32. A hernia through Which bowel or omentum extends and cannot be returned to its normal position through manipulation is referred to as a/an






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






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






35. When performing a radical cystectomy with ileal conduit - Which is an alternative patient position that a surgeon may prefer?






36. Blood passes through the bicuspid (mitral) valve when it flows from...






37. 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






38. Extrauterine disease of the female reproductive system may utilize the following lasers via a colposcope or laparoscope






39. The series of arcades along the mesenteric border thorughout the length of the colon is called the






40. 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?






41. Epinephrine should be used in this situation






42. A needle biopsy of the lung may be accomplished with a






43. When performing a tympanoplasty - the graft is secured to the oval window when






44. A broad spectrum bactericidal antibiotic that interferes with synthesis of the cell wall and has a chemical structure similar to the penicillins is...






45. Removal of devitalized tissue is...






46. The three structures that form the anatomical triangle of Calot are...






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






48. General and regional anesthesia contribute to body heat loss by causing






49. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he






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