Question | Answer |
The term staphylococcus implies the arrangement of | Cocci in clusters |
Name a positioning device needed when the patient is supine | Elbow pads |
Lasix is a | Diuretic |
What position would a patient be placed in for a rotator cuff surgery | Fowler's sitting |
The extrusion of the viscera through the edges of a totally separated wound is | Evisceration |
Cranial nerve II | Optic |
The tunica albuginea is sutured to what muscle during an orciopexy | Dartos |
The wavelength of laser light ranges from | Infrared to ultraviolet |
Which abdominal structure must be approximated after a colectomy to prevent herniation of abdominal contents | Mesentery |
A failure or lack of care or skill which any member of their profession would be expected to use is the legal definition of | Negligence |
An anesthetic on top of skin | Topical |
The suture of choice for repair of a rotator cuff | 2-0 Nonabsorbable |
"Hemi" means | Half |
"Pan" means | All, entire, every |
"itis" means | Inflammation |
Ectomy means | removal of |
Malignant hyperthermia is treated by what drug | Dantrolene |
TURP instrument for resection of the prostate | Resectoscope |
Papaverine is given during peripheral vascualr surgery to | Dilate peripheral blood vessels. |
A full-thickness skin graft contains | The dermis and epidermis |
What vein is removed in a vein stripping | Saphenous |
Removal of a uterine fibroid is called | Myomectomy |
An opening into the eardrum is a | Myringotomy |
Otosclerosis would be treated by what procedure | Stapedectomy |
What type of incision is used for an open cholecystectomy | Subcostal |
After the abdominal fascia has been incised, what retractor should be available for the first assistant | Balfour |
You are scrubbed on an eye case involving the strabismus. What is the first layer of tissue that must be incised | Conjunctiva |
What structures are removed during a TAH | Uterus and cervix |
A radial keratotomy is done to correct | Glaucoma |
A MMK is performed for | Stress incontinence in a female |
What procedure is most commonly performed for treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy | TURP |
When plates and screws are inserted in a fractured bone it is known as | ORIF |
A midline abdominal incision is made between what muscle | rectus abdominus |
What is the procedure for crushing a stone in the bladder followed by irrigation | lithopaxy |
Which procedure would require the use of a microscope | Vitrectomy |
What is visualized during a bronchoscopy | The apex of the lungs |
What is used to remove the prostate during a suprapubic prostatectomy | Surgeon's finger |
Which surgical procedure would use a Kuntscher nail | Diaphysis of the femur |
An appendectomy incision is a | McBurney |
Which is the first thing the surgeon will do when performing a Myringotomy | Remove ear wax from ear canal |
What is the procedure to correct an undecended testicle | Orchiopexy |
A diagnostic procedure for suspected ectopic pregnancy is | Colposcopy |
Which procedure is performed to treat otitis media | Myringotomy |
Which procedure would be performed in the lateral position | Nephrectomy |
A D&C might be performed for | Menorrhagia |
What would never be done to any patient having facial surgery | Shave eyebrows |
A tear in the lateral or medial knee cartilage is repaired by performing a | Menisectomy |
The nerve that is at greatest risk for injury during a thyroidectomy is | Laryngeal |
Extra bones that develop in the sutures of the skull are called | Wormian |
Where is the sphincter of Oddi located | Common bile duct |