AST Chapter 24 Neurosurgery UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Kerrison - CORRECT ANSWER - Rongeur to remove bone chips
Dandy - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemostat clamp used for scalp flap need rubber bands
Greenberg - CORRECT ANSWER - Self retraining cranial retractor
Scoville malleable brain spoon - CORRECT ANSWER - Cranial retractor to depress or
elevate brain tissue
Hudson brace - CORRECT ANSWER - Manual burr holes uses Jacobs Chuck and DErrico
bit
Penfield - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to separate dural tissue
Craniotome and perforator - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to create burr holes with power
drill and durra guard
Adson Beckman retractor - CORRECT ANSWER - self retaining laminectomy retractor
Adson - CORRECT ANSWER - Suction tip
Mayfield - CORRECT ANSWER - Headrest used with pins to stabilize cranium
Wilson - CORRECT ANSWER - Frame for positioning laminectomy procedures
, horseshoe - CORRECT ANSWER - Headrest, ACF, cervical spine
Raney - CORRECT ANSWER - Scalp hemostatic clips
Glidel wafer - CORRECT ANSWER - treatment malignant tumor
Cottonoid - CORRECT ANSWER - Soaked in epinephrine, protects neural tissue
Astrocytoma - CORRECT ANSWER - Malignant cranial tumor that usually cannot be
excised, grated between one and four
AVM - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenital defect with abnormal communication between
arteries and veins
epidural hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER - results from torn vessels in the dura mater
Meningioma - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor of the meninges
Acoustic neuroma - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumor of the eighth cranial nerve
galea aponeurotica - CORRECT ANSWER - Layer of tissue covering periosteum of
cranial bones
Herniated disc - CORRECT ANSWER - protrusion of the nucleus pulposus
subarachnoid space - CORRECT ANSWER - layer containing cerebrospinal fluid
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Kerrison - CORRECT ANSWER - Rongeur to remove bone chips
Dandy - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemostat clamp used for scalp flap need rubber bands
Greenberg - CORRECT ANSWER - Self retraining cranial retractor
Scoville malleable brain spoon - CORRECT ANSWER - Cranial retractor to depress or
elevate brain tissue
Hudson brace - CORRECT ANSWER - Manual burr holes uses Jacobs Chuck and DErrico
bit
Penfield - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to separate dural tissue
Craniotome and perforator - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to create burr holes with power
drill and durra guard
Adson Beckman retractor - CORRECT ANSWER - self retaining laminectomy retractor
Adson - CORRECT ANSWER - Suction tip
Mayfield - CORRECT ANSWER - Headrest used with pins to stabilize cranium
Wilson - CORRECT ANSWER - Frame for positioning laminectomy procedures
, horseshoe - CORRECT ANSWER - Headrest, ACF, cervical spine
Raney - CORRECT ANSWER - Scalp hemostatic clips
Glidel wafer - CORRECT ANSWER - treatment malignant tumor
Cottonoid - CORRECT ANSWER - Soaked in epinephrine, protects neural tissue
Astrocytoma - CORRECT ANSWER - Malignant cranial tumor that usually cannot be
excised, grated between one and four
AVM - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenital defect with abnormal communication between
arteries and veins
epidural hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER - results from torn vessels in the dura mater
Meningioma - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor of the meninges
Acoustic neuroma - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumor of the eighth cranial nerve
galea aponeurotica - CORRECT ANSWER - Layer of tissue covering periosteum of
cranial bones
Herniated disc - CORRECT ANSWER - protrusion of the nucleus pulposus
subarachnoid space - CORRECT ANSWER - layer containing cerebrospinal fluid
