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