AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGICAL ASSISTANTS TEST REVIEW - SUTURES AND WOUND REPAIR/ GENERAL SURGERY| LATEST 2025 & 100% VERIFIED SOLUTION

AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGICAL ASSISTANTS TEST REVIEW - SUTURES AN
WOUND REPAIR/ GENERAL SURGERY| LATEST 2025 & 100% VERIFIED
SOLUTION



1. Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? ANS
>> -



Philip Syng Physick


2. Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the
body? ANS >> Fascia lata


3. Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely
approximated by sutures is called ANS >> Dead Space


4. An interrupted suture, which is placed through tissue from one side of the
wound to the other and then back through tissue again is called ANS >>
Matress


5. Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by
fibrous tissue is called ANS >> Non absorbable suture


6. In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is ANS >> ANS >>
Increased


7. Which suture can be used in presence of infection? ANS >> Polypropylene


,8. Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath ANS >> Subcuticular


9. Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal
from bottom upward is called ANS >> Secondary intention


10. Surgical gut is made from the ANS >> Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines


11. Which is most inert in tissue ANS >> Wire


12. Stay suture does not pass through


-Subq


-Rectus muscle


-Mesentery


-Fascia ANS >> Mesentery


13. Spitting open or gaping of wound is called ANS >> Dehiscence


14. Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of
severed BONES ANS >> Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)


15. Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure
is ANS >> Evisceration


16. Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because ANS
2 m/ m33

,>> It may become nucleus for stone formation
m m m m m m




17. Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be
m m m m m m m m m



m used in presence of active infection because ANS >> The sutures become breeding
m m m m m m m m m m m m



mplace for infection
m m




3 m/ m33

, 18. Halsted Technique consists mainly of ANS >> Interrupted silk sutures
m m m m m m m m m




19. Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is ANS
m m m m m m m m m m >>
m m Suture ligature
m




20. Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to ANS
m m m m m m m m m m >> m Prevent heavy suture
m m



mfrom cutting into skin
m m m




21. Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using ANS >> Sutured swaged to a needle
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m




22. Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature
m m m m m m m m m m



m material is called ANS >> Tensile strength
m m m m m m




23. Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
m m m m m m m



m Soaking in salinem m




Testing tensile strength
m m



Straightening it ANS >> ALL OF THE
m m m m m m m



ABOVE
m




24. Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least
m m m m m m m m m



m reactive in tissue?
m m




Polypropylene
Polyester fiber
m m



Nylon
m




4 m/ m33