SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY 7TH EDITION
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ 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.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ 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.
