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Surgical First Assist

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1. The flexure between the transverse colon and the descending colon is called the






2. These supplies blood to the brain






3. Pathologic enlargement of the male breast is called






4. Polyglactin 910 suture is...






5. Normal adult range for sodium is...






6. The cartilage distal to the thyroid cartilage and proximal to the thyroid gland is the






7. A hemodynmaic complicatino in the patient could be caused by






8. The fold of dura mater that seperates the cerebral hemispheres






9. The area where the common bile duct joins the pancreatic duct and enters the duodenum is called the






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






11. What nerves must be identified and protected from injury during a thyroidectomy?






12. During cataract surgery - the irrigation/aspiration handpiece is used for






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






14. Which type of needle would be selected for use on skin or tendon?






15. The recommended minimum number of air exchanges in the or is...






16. Cephalothin sodium (Keflin) is a/an






17. Which anastomoses is accomplished during a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)?






18. What is the mechanism of action in heparin?






19. A solution used for eye irrigation is...






20. The avascular area located in the mesentery and to the left of the middle colic artery is...






21. Which nerves are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?






22. The most common cause of delayed wound healing in the operative patient is...






23. Which vein proximally travels across the neck of the abdominal aorta?






24. What is the name for the small pancreatic duct?






25. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?






26. The large artery that arises from the left side of the aortic arch and descends into the arm is the






27. Platelet concentration is often transfused during the immediate preoperative period for the purpose of...






28. These complications can result from a total thyroidectomy






29. The nerve of Grassi is associated with the






30. A patient is being evaluated for undergoing a breast reconstruction procedure and indicates she still smokes. Which procedures would the surgical assistant recommend?






31. What are the branches of the left coronary artery?






32. What is a continuous circular suture placed around the lumen of a structure causing it to close?






33. Which nerves can be injured during a lateral lower leg fasciotomy?






34. The terminal arterial branches of the aorta are the






35. What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?






36. The white line of Hilton is situated






37. 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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38. Which vessels typically utilized for a coronary artery bypass?






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






40. During hemostasis - prothrombin and thromboplastin - along with calcium ions in the blood - form






41. Which nerves are compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome?






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






43. What involves small - corneal incisions as treatment for myopia?






44. The frozen section examination provides the surgen with a






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






46. What characteristics of draping materials is true?






47. What is the loose areolar tissue that seperates the breast fromt he pectoralis major muscle?






48. The normal pH of blodd is...






49. When an immediate confirmation of malignancy is needed - the specimen will be sent to pathology for






50. The tibial and common peroneal nerves are terminal branches of the what nerves?






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