SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
FULL SOLUTION
●● Adenoid Curette
Answer: to scrape remnats of adeniod tissue.
●● Bone curette
Answer: to scrape; to debride tissue; to scoop tissue out of small areas;to
scoop cancellous bone for grafting
●● dermal curette
Answer: to scrape dermis
●● ear curette
Answer: to scrape inner ear (i.e., stapes);to remove debris from ear
canal.
●● uterine curette
Answer: to scrape endometrial lining of uterus;to roughen up tissue in a
nonhealing wound to enhance seconary closure.
,●● large uterine curette
Answer: to scrape uterine cavity (usually postpregnancy uterus)
●● bone cutter
Answer: to cut bone and cartilage
●● freer elevator
Answer: to take tissue off cartlilage (e.g., nasal septum); to scrape
plaque from large arteries in cardiovascular procedures; to lift
periosteum from bone in orthopedic procedures; to press small balls of
bone wax onto bone edges for hemostasis in neurosurgery procedures
●● periosteal elevator
Answer: to scrape and remove periosteum from bone in preparation for a
bone incision.
●● rib elevator
Answer: to scrape along ribs to remove tissue and cartilage
●● septum elevator
Answer: to elevate and dissect septum during intransal procedures;to
dissect nerve vesselsand bone in neurosurgical procedures; to use as a
bone wax tamp.
, ●● scalpel handle
Answer: to accommodate knife blades of many sizes (e.g., #10, #15,
#11)
●● ear knife
Answer: to create a fine puncture in the tympanic embrane for ear
drainage in myringotomy
●● mallet
Answer: to exert force on a object (e.g., to drive a nail into a bone); to
use a chisel or osteotome as a guide.
●● lambotte osteotome
Answer: to score or place cuts in bone.
●● rasp
Answer: to smooth a rough bone surface or to evacuate medullary canals
in perparation for prosthesis insertion
●● wiener nasal rasp
Answer: to mechanically smooth nasal cartilage and bone during
septoplasty.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
FULL SOLUTION
●● Adenoid Curette
Answer: to scrape remnats of adeniod tissue.
●● Bone curette
Answer: to scrape; to debride tissue; to scoop tissue out of small areas;to
scoop cancellous bone for grafting
●● dermal curette
Answer: to scrape dermis
●● ear curette
Answer: to scrape inner ear (i.e., stapes);to remove debris from ear
canal.
●● uterine curette
Answer: to scrape endometrial lining of uterus;to roughen up tissue in a
nonhealing wound to enhance seconary closure.
,●● large uterine curette
Answer: to scrape uterine cavity (usually postpregnancy uterus)
●● bone cutter
Answer: to cut bone and cartilage
●● freer elevator
Answer: to take tissue off cartlilage (e.g., nasal septum); to scrape
plaque from large arteries in cardiovascular procedures; to lift
periosteum from bone in orthopedic procedures; to press small balls of
bone wax onto bone edges for hemostasis in neurosurgery procedures
●● periosteal elevator
Answer: to scrape and remove periosteum from bone in preparation for a
bone incision.
●● rib elevator
Answer: to scrape along ribs to remove tissue and cartilage
●● septum elevator
Answer: to elevate and dissect septum during intransal procedures;to
dissect nerve vesselsand bone in neurosurgical procedures; to use as a
bone wax tamp.
, ●● scalpel handle
Answer: to accommodate knife blades of many sizes (e.g., #10, #15,
#11)
●● ear knife
Answer: to create a fine puncture in the tympanic embrane for ear
drainage in myringotomy
●● mallet
Answer: to exert force on a object (e.g., to drive a nail into a bone); to
use a chisel or osteotome as a guide.
●● lambotte osteotome
Answer: to score or place cuts in bone.
●● rasp
Answer: to smooth a rough bone surface or to evacuate medullary canals
in perparation for prosthesis insertion
●● wiener nasal rasp
Answer: to mechanically smooth nasal cartilage and bone during
septoplasty.
