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