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Ch 10 Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Most modern surgical instruments are made of - answer✔Stainless Steel
Chromium increases resistance to - answer✔corrosion
Blades #20-#25 fit which # handle? - answer✔#4 handle
Blades #10, #11, #12, and #15 fit which # handles? - answer✔#3, #7 and #9 handles
The suffix -tome refers to an instrument for - answer✔cutting
Grooves located on the jaws of surgical instruments that are either longitudinal, cross-hatched, or
horizontal are called - answer✔serrations or teeth
This feature of a clamping/occluding surgical instrument controls the opposing jaws of the instrument -
answer✔The box lock
Instruments designed for the exposure of the operative site are called - answer✔Retractors
Instruments used to gradually increase the diameter of an orifice to allow for introduction of larger
instrumentation or to open a stricture are called - answer✔Dilators
An instrument with a sharp point and cutting edges that allow for penetration of a body cavity for the
drainage of fluid or the introduction of an endoscope is called a - answer✔Trocar
This type of instrumentation is typically made of titanium because it is stronger yet lighter in weight. -
answer✔Microinstrumentation
Name the 3 phases of handling of instruments referred to as the instrument cycle are - answer✔1.
Preoperative
2. Intraoperative
3. Postoperative
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Ch 10 Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Most modern surgical instruments are made of - answer✔Stainless Steel
Chromium increases resistance to - answer✔corrosion
Blades #20-#25 fit which # handle? - answer✔#4 handle
Blades #10, #11, #12, and #15 fit which # handles? - answer✔#3, #7 and #9 handles
The suffix -tome refers to an instrument for - answer✔cutting
Grooves located on the jaws of surgical instruments that are either longitudinal, cross-hatched, or
horizontal are called - answer✔serrations or teeth
This feature of a clamping/occluding surgical instrument controls the opposing jaws of the instrument -
answer✔The box lock
Instruments designed for the exposure of the operative site are called - answer✔Retractors
Instruments used to gradually increase the diameter of an orifice to allow for introduction of larger
instrumentation or to open a stricture are called - answer✔Dilators
An instrument with a sharp point and cutting edges that allow for penetration of a body cavity for the
drainage of fluid or the introduction of an endoscope is called a - answer✔Trocar
This type of instrumentation is typically made of titanium because it is stronger yet lighter in weight. -
answer✔Microinstrumentation
Name the 3 phases of handling of instruments referred to as the instrument cycle are - answer✔1.
Preoperative
2. Intraoperative
3. Postoperative
