Anesthesia and Surgical Assisting - Practice Test Questions and answers Solved 100%
scissors - Answers cutting tissue
needle holders - Answers grasp and manipulate curved needles
scalpels and blades - Answers incise tissue
tissue forceps - Answers clamp and hold tissue and blood vessels
retractors - Answers retract tissue and improve exposure
surgical gut or catgut - Answers absorbable suture made from sheep intestines
suture - Answers any strand of material used to approximate tissue or ligate blood vessels
orchiectomy - Answers surgical removal of the testes
laparotomy - Answers incision into the abdominal cavity
celiotomy - Answers laparotomy
cystotomy - Answers incision into the urinary bladder
thoracotomy - Answers incision into the thoracic cavity
mastectomy - Answers removal of part or all of one or more mammary glands
enterotomy - Answers incision into the intestines
onychectomy - Answers surgical removal of a claw, declawing
herniorrhaphy - Answers surgical repair of a hernia
aseptic technique - Answers precautions taken to prevent contamination of a surgical wound
asepsis - Answers sterile condition
-ectomy - Answers surgical removal of
-otomy - Answers to cut into
-ostomy - Answers surgical creation of an opening
-rrhaphy - Answers surgical repair by suturing
-pexy - Answers surgical fixation
-plasty - Answers surgical alteration of shape or form
, gastrotomy - Answers incision of the stomach
urethrotomy - Answers incision into the urethra
autoclave - Answers apparatus for sterilizing by steam under pressure
nosocomial - Answers hospital acquired infection
sterilization - Answers destruction of all microorganisms and viruses in or on a surface or object
bandage scissors - Answers blunt tip to prevent cutting the skin when removing a bandage
virulence - Answers ability to produce disease, how strong
disinfection - Answers destruction of most pathogenic microorganisims on inanimate objects
antisepsis - Answers destruction of most pathogenic microorganisims on animate objects, skin
perpetration and surgical scrubs
aught - Answers zero
surgical drapes and gowns should be folded - Answers accordion or fan folded
smallest suture size - Answers 10-0, ten-aught
2-0 - Answers two-oh or two-aught
ventral midline incision - Answers an incision on the midline of the abdomen
2 methods of wiping skin to sterilize - Answers lines or circles
always start to wipe at most sterile area and work your way out - Answers to least sterile area, then
throw away gauze and repeat
3 types of gloving - Answers closed gloving, open gloving, assisted gloving
endotracheal tube or ETT - Answers ensures patent airway and facilitates ventilation and provides easy
delivery of volatile anesthesia
volatile liquids - Answers liquids that evaporate readily
cuff on an ETT - Answers prevents vomit from going up and gas escaping
laryngoscope - Answers facilitates visualization of glottis, helps to insert the ETT
vaporizer - Answers turns the volatile liquid into gas
2 types of anesthesia - Answers rebreathing circuit and nonrebreathing circuit
thumb forceps - Answers tissue forceps, look similar to tweezers
scissors - Answers cutting tissue
needle holders - Answers grasp and manipulate curved needles
scalpels and blades - Answers incise tissue
tissue forceps - Answers clamp and hold tissue and blood vessels
retractors - Answers retract tissue and improve exposure
surgical gut or catgut - Answers absorbable suture made from sheep intestines
suture - Answers any strand of material used to approximate tissue or ligate blood vessels
orchiectomy - Answers surgical removal of the testes
laparotomy - Answers incision into the abdominal cavity
celiotomy - Answers laparotomy
cystotomy - Answers incision into the urinary bladder
thoracotomy - Answers incision into the thoracic cavity
mastectomy - Answers removal of part or all of one or more mammary glands
enterotomy - Answers incision into the intestines
onychectomy - Answers surgical removal of a claw, declawing
herniorrhaphy - Answers surgical repair of a hernia
aseptic technique - Answers precautions taken to prevent contamination of a surgical wound
asepsis - Answers sterile condition
-ectomy - Answers surgical removal of
-otomy - Answers to cut into
-ostomy - Answers surgical creation of an opening
-rrhaphy - Answers surgical repair by suturing
-pexy - Answers surgical fixation
-plasty - Answers surgical alteration of shape or form
, gastrotomy - Answers incision of the stomach
urethrotomy - Answers incision into the urethra
autoclave - Answers apparatus for sterilizing by steam under pressure
nosocomial - Answers hospital acquired infection
sterilization - Answers destruction of all microorganisms and viruses in or on a surface or object
bandage scissors - Answers blunt tip to prevent cutting the skin when removing a bandage
virulence - Answers ability to produce disease, how strong
disinfection - Answers destruction of most pathogenic microorganisims on inanimate objects
antisepsis - Answers destruction of most pathogenic microorganisims on animate objects, skin
perpetration and surgical scrubs
aught - Answers zero
surgical drapes and gowns should be folded - Answers accordion or fan folded
smallest suture size - Answers 10-0, ten-aught
2-0 - Answers two-oh or two-aught
ventral midline incision - Answers an incision on the midline of the abdomen
2 methods of wiping skin to sterilize - Answers lines or circles
always start to wipe at most sterile area and work your way out - Answers to least sterile area, then
throw away gauze and repeat
3 types of gloving - Answers closed gloving, open gloving, assisted gloving
endotracheal tube or ETT - Answers ensures patent airway and facilitates ventilation and provides easy
delivery of volatile anesthesia
volatile liquids - Answers liquids that evaporate readily
cuff on an ETT - Answers prevents vomit from going up and gas escaping
laryngoscope - Answers facilitates visualization of glottis, helps to insert the ETT
vaporizer - Answers turns the volatile liquid into gas
2 types of anesthesia - Answers rebreathing circuit and nonrebreathing circuit
thumb forceps - Answers tissue forceps, look similar to tweezers
