CST NBSTSA 2026 SURGICAL
TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
REVIEW PAPER ANSWERS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACK
◉ re-establish negative pressure
Answer: the PRIMARY purpose of chest tubes.
◉ Gelpi
Answer: a surgical instrument designed for retracting.
◉ Whipple
Answer: A surgical procedure that may be used to remove a
carcinoma from the head of the pancreas.
◉ active electrode
Answer: A sterile item used with an electrosurgical unit.
◉ atropine sulfate
Answer: A preoperative medication used for drying of secretions.
,◉ osteomyelitis
Answer: A likely diagnosis for a postoperative total arthroplasty
patient presenting with severe throbbing pain, fever, and malaise.
◉ Kirschner wires
Answer: Used to stabilize a fractured finger.
◉ operating room attire
Answer: Changed to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
◉ patient confidentiality
Answer: A surgical technologist should request to be removed from
the room if he knows the patient.
◉ Mannitol (Osmitrol)
Answer: Used in neurosurgical procedures to decrease intracranial
pressure.
◉ pleura
Answer: Lies between the lung and the chest wall.
◉ adaptic
,Answer: Applied as a nonadherent dressing.
◉ Balfour
Answer: Used in a sigmoid resection procedure.
◉ facial paralysis
Answer: Result from severing the VII cranial nerve.
◉ cuticular and subcuticular
Answer: The two layers through which staples are placed when
closing a skin incision.
◉ appendectomy
Answer: A surgery during which a Meckel's diverticulum is typically
discovered.
◉ oblique muscles
Answer: Layers transected when a subcostal flank incision is used
for a nephrectomy.
◉ craniotomy
Answer: A procedure for which a perforator is used.
, ◉ microscope
Answer: Most likely used in preparation for a cranial aneurysm.
◉ conjunctiva
Answer: The first tissue layer that must be incised during
strabismus surgery.
◉ instrument counts
Answer: Can be omitted if an emergency procedure must be
performed.
◉ left lateral kidney
Answer: Positioning of a patient for a right nephrectomy.
◉ UNSAFE technique for disposing of contaminated sharps
Answer: Used suture needles and scalpel blades remain in the
needle counter and the closed needle counter is placed in the
biohazard sharps container.
◉ right kidney position
TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
REVIEW PAPER ANSWERS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACK
◉ re-establish negative pressure
Answer: the PRIMARY purpose of chest tubes.
◉ Gelpi
Answer: a surgical instrument designed for retracting.
◉ Whipple
Answer: A surgical procedure that may be used to remove a
carcinoma from the head of the pancreas.
◉ active electrode
Answer: A sterile item used with an electrosurgical unit.
◉ atropine sulfate
Answer: A preoperative medication used for drying of secretions.
,◉ osteomyelitis
Answer: A likely diagnosis for a postoperative total arthroplasty
patient presenting with severe throbbing pain, fever, and malaise.
◉ Kirschner wires
Answer: Used to stabilize a fractured finger.
◉ operating room attire
Answer: Changed to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
◉ patient confidentiality
Answer: A surgical technologist should request to be removed from
the room if he knows the patient.
◉ Mannitol (Osmitrol)
Answer: Used in neurosurgical procedures to decrease intracranial
pressure.
◉ pleura
Answer: Lies between the lung and the chest wall.
◉ adaptic
,Answer: Applied as a nonadherent dressing.
◉ Balfour
Answer: Used in a sigmoid resection procedure.
◉ facial paralysis
Answer: Result from severing the VII cranial nerve.
◉ cuticular and subcuticular
Answer: The two layers through which staples are placed when
closing a skin incision.
◉ appendectomy
Answer: A surgery during which a Meckel's diverticulum is typically
discovered.
◉ oblique muscles
Answer: Layers transected when a subcostal flank incision is used
for a nephrectomy.
◉ craniotomy
Answer: A procedure for which a perforator is used.
, ◉ microscope
Answer: Most likely used in preparation for a cranial aneurysm.
◉ conjunctiva
Answer: The first tissue layer that must be incised during
strabismus surgery.
◉ instrument counts
Answer: Can be omitted if an emergency procedure must be
performed.
◉ left lateral kidney
Answer: Positioning of a patient for a right nephrectomy.
◉ UNSAFE technique for disposing of contaminated sharps
Answer: Used suture needles and scalpel blades remain in the
needle counter and the closed needle counter is placed in the
biohazard sharps container.
◉ right kidney position
