ST220 Ch 11 Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Which of the following interweaves its fibers during the maturation phase of wound healing
and increases its tensile strength?
a. collagen
b. enzymes
c. fibrin
d. protein - ANS a. collagen
A wound that is not sutured and that gradually fills in by granulation heals by which intention?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth - ANS b. second
All of the following are techniques for eliminating dead space in a wound EXCEPT:
a. careful approximation of tissues
b. electrical nerve stimulation
c. placement of wound drain
d. pressure dressings - ANS b. electrical nerve stimulation
Which postoperative wound complication would require immediate surgical treatment?
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,a. fistula
b. adhesions
c. infection
d. evisceration - ANS d. evisceration
Which phase of healing for wounds closed by first intention begins within minutes of the
incision or injury?
a. inflammatory
b. proliferation
c. maturation
d. granulation - ANS a. inflammatory
What is the name of a raised, hypertrophic scar due to excessive collagen formation in some
darker-skinned individuals?
a. cicatrix
b. granuloma
c. keloid
d. seroma - ANS c. keloid
Which type of suture needle is used on friable tissue such as liver or kidney?
a. blunt
b. cutting
c. taper
d. trocar - ANS a. blunt
Which tissue layer of the abdominal wall provides the greatest strength and support of the
wound?
a. skin
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, b. fascia
c. peritoneum
d. subcutaneous fat - ANS b. fascia
Which historic figure in medicine is credited with creating principles of proper tissue handling
and suturing?
a. DeBakey
b. Cushing
c. Halsted
d. Kocher - ANS c. Halsted
Tissue trauma is minimized by using which type of suture-needle combination?
a. threaded suture on a closed-eye taper needle
b. threaded suture on a closed-eye Keith needle
c. suture loaded on a French-eyed taper needle
d. suture permanently swaged on an eyeless needle - ANS d. suture permanently swaged on
an eyeless needle
Another name for a suture ligature is a:
a. free tie
b. stick tie
c. tie-on-a-passer
d. ligature reel - ANS b. stick tie
2. Which type of needle is preferred for suturing of skin?
a. blunt
b. cutting
c. taper
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Answers
Which of the following interweaves its fibers during the maturation phase of wound healing
and increases its tensile strength?
a. collagen
b. enzymes
c. fibrin
d. protein - ANS a. collagen
A wound that is not sutured and that gradually fills in by granulation heals by which intention?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth - ANS b. second
All of the following are techniques for eliminating dead space in a wound EXCEPT:
a. careful approximation of tissues
b. electrical nerve stimulation
c. placement of wound drain
d. pressure dressings - ANS b. electrical nerve stimulation
Which postoperative wound complication would require immediate surgical treatment?
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,a. fistula
b. adhesions
c. infection
d. evisceration - ANS d. evisceration
Which phase of healing for wounds closed by first intention begins within minutes of the
incision or injury?
a. inflammatory
b. proliferation
c. maturation
d. granulation - ANS a. inflammatory
What is the name of a raised, hypertrophic scar due to excessive collagen formation in some
darker-skinned individuals?
a. cicatrix
b. granuloma
c. keloid
d. seroma - ANS c. keloid
Which type of suture needle is used on friable tissue such as liver or kidney?
a. blunt
b. cutting
c. taper
d. trocar - ANS a. blunt
Which tissue layer of the abdominal wall provides the greatest strength and support of the
wound?
a. skin
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, b. fascia
c. peritoneum
d. subcutaneous fat - ANS b. fascia
Which historic figure in medicine is credited with creating principles of proper tissue handling
and suturing?
a. DeBakey
b. Cushing
c. Halsted
d. Kocher - ANS c. Halsted
Tissue trauma is minimized by using which type of suture-needle combination?
a. threaded suture on a closed-eye taper needle
b. threaded suture on a closed-eye Keith needle
c. suture loaded on a French-eyed taper needle
d. suture permanently swaged on an eyeless needle - ANS d. suture permanently swaged on
an eyeless needle
Another name for a suture ligature is a:
a. free tie
b. stick tie
c. tie-on-a-passer
d. ligature reel - ANS b. stick tie
2. Which type of needle is preferred for suturing of skin?
a. blunt
b. cutting
c. taper
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