CST EXAM 3 PRACTICE ASSESSMENT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
REVIEW GUIDE GRADED A PLUS
◉ Penfield dissectors.
Answer: What comes as number sets frequently used in
neurosurgical procedures?
◉ Staphylococcus aureus.
Answer: What pathogen is most commonly associated with surgical
wound infections?
◉ Dermatomes.
Answer: Padgett and Reese are types of?
◉ Bozeman.
Answer: What is the name for a uterine dressing forcep?
◉ First.
Answer: What burn degree classification involves erythema without
blisters?
,◉ Freer.
Answer: What instrument is used to remove plaque during a carotid
endarterectomy?
◉ Astrocytes.
Answer: What neuroglia is star-shaped?
◉ Shoulder roll.
Answer: What device could be used when placing a patient in the
operative position for a thyroidectomy?
◉ Insufflator machine.
Answer: In order to expand the abdominal cavity with CO2 prior to a
laparoscopic procedure, the surgeon must use a/an?
◉ Pillar retractor.
Answer: What surgical instrument would be used during a
tonsillectomy?
◉ Short arm.
Answer: What type of cast would be appropriate for a fractured
metacarpal?
, ◉ Cholesteatoma.
Answer: What is the medical term for accumulation of squamous
epithelium that forms a mass that is destructive to the middle ear?
◉ Ciliary.
Answer: What muscle alters the shape of the lens to accommodate
vision?
◉ Opportunistic.
Answer: What is the term for a nonpathogenic organism that is
capable of producing disease in an immunocompromised patient?
◉ Bypass urethral obstruction.
Answer: Filiforms are used to?
◉ Castroviejo.
Answer: What is the name of this needle holder used in vascular
cases?
◉ Magnetic resonance imaging.
Answer: What is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to provide the
best imaging of soft tissues?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
REVIEW GUIDE GRADED A PLUS
◉ Penfield dissectors.
Answer: What comes as number sets frequently used in
neurosurgical procedures?
◉ Staphylococcus aureus.
Answer: What pathogen is most commonly associated with surgical
wound infections?
◉ Dermatomes.
Answer: Padgett and Reese are types of?
◉ Bozeman.
Answer: What is the name for a uterine dressing forcep?
◉ First.
Answer: What burn degree classification involves erythema without
blisters?
,◉ Freer.
Answer: What instrument is used to remove plaque during a carotid
endarterectomy?
◉ Astrocytes.
Answer: What neuroglia is star-shaped?
◉ Shoulder roll.
Answer: What device could be used when placing a patient in the
operative position for a thyroidectomy?
◉ Insufflator machine.
Answer: In order to expand the abdominal cavity with CO2 prior to a
laparoscopic procedure, the surgeon must use a/an?
◉ Pillar retractor.
Answer: What surgical instrument would be used during a
tonsillectomy?
◉ Short arm.
Answer: What type of cast would be appropriate for a fractured
metacarpal?
, ◉ Cholesteatoma.
Answer: What is the medical term for accumulation of squamous
epithelium that forms a mass that is destructive to the middle ear?
◉ Ciliary.
Answer: What muscle alters the shape of the lens to accommodate
vision?
◉ Opportunistic.
Answer: What is the term for a nonpathogenic organism that is
capable of producing disease in an immunocompromised patient?
◉ Bypass urethral obstruction.
Answer: Filiforms are used to?
◉ Castroviejo.
Answer: What is the name of this needle holder used in vascular
cases?
◉ Magnetic resonance imaging.
Answer: What is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to provide the
best imaging of soft tissues?
