Surgical Technology Final Exam
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Diagnostic imaging includes which of the following - ✔✔Radiography
What is used to enhance visualization of structures during a diagnostic imaging
procedure? - ✔✔Contrast Medium
Which diagnostic imaging procedure allows the surgeon to view anatomic structures
during the surgical procedure? - ✔✔Fleuroscopy
Cholangiography is a radiographic study of the _________ - ✔✔Gallbladder
Ultrasound involves the use of________ - ✔✔High-frequency sound waves
What is the first priority of the STSR when an intraoperative X-ray is being taken? -
✔✔Protect the sterile field from contamination
Which of the following can be performed to create an easy entrance into most vessels of
the body? - ✔✔Spinal tap
The gallbladder is found in the ________ abdominal quadrant - ✔✔Right upper
Another name for the alimentary canal is the ______ tract - ✔✔Digestive
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,The 3 portions of the small intestine are the ______________ - ✔✔Duodenum, Ileum,
Jejunum
The appendix is attached to the ______ - ✔✔Cecum
What is the largest parenchymal organ in the abdominal cavity? - ✔✔Liver
The outer layer of the digestive tract wall is called ________ - ✔✔Serosa
Which organ is the single largest mass of the lymphatic tissue in the body? - ✔✔Spleen
Bile is produced by ______ - ✔✔the liver
In what position is the patient placed when a McBurney's incision is used? - ✔✔Supine
Gastrostomy is the _______ - ✔✔creation of an opening from the stomach to the skin
A purse-string suture is used ______ - ✔✔to tighten or close an opening
Removal of the gallbladder is called _________ - ✔✔cholecystectomy
In addition to a major general surgical instrumentation set, which of the following will
also be needed for a cholecystectomy? - ✔✔CBD exploration instruments
What position is used to displace the abdominal contents to enhance the surgeon's view
of the lower abdominal region? - ✔✔Trendelenberg
Insufflation of the abdomen is achieved with the use of__________ - ✔✔Carbon Dioxide
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, The flow of food and liquids from the stomach to the small intestine is controlled by the
_______ - ✔✔pyloric sphincter
The surgical connection of 2 hollow tubular structures is called an___________ -
✔✔anastomosis
Mastectomy is the removal of the __________ - ✔✔entire mammary breast
The uterine lining is called ________ - ✔✔endometrium
The uterine appendages are the ________________ - ✔✔ovaries and fallopian tubes
In which position is the patient generally placed during a D&C? - ✔✔lithotomy
The term used to describe abnormal labor or childbirth? - ✔✔Dystocia
Pfannenstiel incision is which type of incision? - ✔✔Lower transverse abdominal
Two hormones from the anterior pituitary that stimulate the ovarian cycle ______ -
✔✔LH and FSH
Most significant cause of morbidity during C-section is _________ - ✔✔anesthetic agent
Foley catheter is used routinely during pelvic procedures to _________________ -
✔✔decompress the bladder
Which congenital condition is marked by the absence of the anterior wall of the urethra?
- ✔✔epispadias
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Diagnostic imaging includes which of the following - ✔✔Radiography
What is used to enhance visualization of structures during a diagnostic imaging
procedure? - ✔✔Contrast Medium
Which diagnostic imaging procedure allows the surgeon to view anatomic structures
during the surgical procedure? - ✔✔Fleuroscopy
Cholangiography is a radiographic study of the _________ - ✔✔Gallbladder
Ultrasound involves the use of________ - ✔✔High-frequency sound waves
What is the first priority of the STSR when an intraoperative X-ray is being taken? -
✔✔Protect the sterile field from contamination
Which of the following can be performed to create an easy entrance into most vessels of
the body? - ✔✔Spinal tap
The gallbladder is found in the ________ abdominal quadrant - ✔✔Right upper
Another name for the alimentary canal is the ______ tract - ✔✔Digestive
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,The 3 portions of the small intestine are the ______________ - ✔✔Duodenum, Ileum,
Jejunum
The appendix is attached to the ______ - ✔✔Cecum
What is the largest parenchymal organ in the abdominal cavity? - ✔✔Liver
The outer layer of the digestive tract wall is called ________ - ✔✔Serosa
Which organ is the single largest mass of the lymphatic tissue in the body? - ✔✔Spleen
Bile is produced by ______ - ✔✔the liver
In what position is the patient placed when a McBurney's incision is used? - ✔✔Supine
Gastrostomy is the _______ - ✔✔creation of an opening from the stomach to the skin
A purse-string suture is used ______ - ✔✔to tighten or close an opening
Removal of the gallbladder is called _________ - ✔✔cholecystectomy
In addition to a major general surgical instrumentation set, which of the following will
also be needed for a cholecystectomy? - ✔✔CBD exploration instruments
What position is used to displace the abdominal contents to enhance the surgeon's view
of the lower abdominal region? - ✔✔Trendelenberg
Insufflation of the abdomen is achieved with the use of__________ - ✔✔Carbon Dioxide
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, The flow of food and liquids from the stomach to the small intestine is controlled by the
_______ - ✔✔pyloric sphincter
The surgical connection of 2 hollow tubular structures is called an___________ -
✔✔anastomosis
Mastectomy is the removal of the __________ - ✔✔entire mammary breast
The uterine lining is called ________ - ✔✔endometrium
The uterine appendages are the ________________ - ✔✔ovaries and fallopian tubes
In which position is the patient generally placed during a D&C? - ✔✔lithotomy
The term used to describe abnormal labor or childbirth? - ✔✔Dystocia
Pfannenstiel incision is which type of incision? - ✔✔Lower transverse abdominal
Two hormones from the anterior pituitary that stimulate the ovarian cycle ______ -
✔✔LH and FSH
Most significant cause of morbidity during C-section is _________ - ✔✔anesthetic agent
Foley catheter is used routinely during pelvic procedures to _________________ -
✔✔decompress the bladder
Which congenital condition is marked by the absence of the anterior wall of the urethra?
- ✔✔epispadias
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