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Suture
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Subjects
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health-sciences
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surgery
Instructions:
Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 amount of force in psi a suture can withstand before it breaks.
Non-absorbable
Tensile strength
Standard USP
Straight
2. Catgut that has been braided or twisted and 'tanned' to increase tensile strength and decrease capillarity
Non-absorbable
The ideal suture
Chromic surgical gut
Absorbable
3. Any strand of material that is used to approximate tissue or ligate blood vessels.
Suture
Tensile strength
Non-absorbable
Capillarity
4. The unit suture size is measured in. Example 4-0 Which is equivalent to 0000.4.
Multifilament
The ideal suture
Absorbable
Ought
5. The ability of suture to return back to its original packaged form.
The ideal suture
Absorbable
Memory
Synthetic absorbable
6. This denotes the suture diameter from fine-coarse according to their ought.
Absorbable
Tensile strength
Standard USP
Synthetic absorbable
7. Has less drag and less space for bacterial growth.
Chromic surgical gut
Catgut
Monofilament suture
Non-absorbable
8. Has more drag and is stronger.
Multifilament
Chromic surgical gut
Tissue Adhesives
Capillarity
9. 1. Easy to handle 2. Minimal tissue reaction 3. Inhibits bacterial growth 4. Holds a knot 5. Absorbed with minimal reaction
Multifilament
Standard USP
Non-absorbable
The ideal suture
10. This suture is not broken down by the body. It can remain in the body for up to two years.
Non-absorbable
Capillarity
Catgut
Staples
11. Suture that can be broken down by the body.
Standard USP
Absorbable
The ideal suture
Capillarity
12. Broken down by hydrolysis with minimal tissue reaction.
Capillarity
Synthetic absorbable
Tensile strength
Chromic surgical gut
13. This refers to how deep the suture needle has to be inserted into the would for closure. This is deep or narrow.
Non-absorbable
Synthetic absorbable
Suture
Wound topography
14. Suture that is broken down by the bodies inflammatory process/cells. Made from bovine or sheep intestines.
The ideal suture
Memory
Wound topography
Catgut
15. This is usually used in declaws - tail docking - and ear crops. Brand names like nexaband and vetabond
Ought
Non-absorbable
Tissue Adhesives
Capillarity
16. The ability of a suture material to allow microbes to be carried ('wick') to the interior of the suture.
Multifilament
Non-absorbable
Capillarity
Monofilament suture
17. These type of needles are manipulated with your fingers.
Straight
Non-absorbable
Catgut
Ought
18. 1. Organic 2. Synthetic; braided or non-braided 3. Metallic
Non-absorbable
Wound topography
Catgut
Synthetic absorbable
19. 1. Catgut 2. Chromic surgical gut 3. Synthetic absorbable
Multifilament
Absorbable
The ideal suture
Synthetic absorbable
20. These type of needles are manipulated with needle holding forceps.
Non-absorbable
Absorbable
Standard USP
Curved
21. These are stainless steel and are placed perpendicular to an incision to close a wound.
Capillarity
Curved
Staples
Tensile strength
22. The ease at which the suture is manipulated.
Non-absorbable
Standard USP
Flexibility
Capillarity