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1. What surgical instrument is required for repair of a nasal fracture? -
ANS ✓Bayonet forceps
2. What is used for powered orthopaedic equipment? - ANS ✓Nitrogen
3. What mode of the electrosurgical unit does not require use of a
patient return electrode? - ANS ✓Bipolar
4. The nerve that is at greatest risk for injury during a thyroidectomy is
the? - ANS ✓Recurrent laryngeal
5. What disease is caused by a pathogen? - ANS ✓Pneumonia
6. When are sponge and sharp counts performed in the OR? - ANS
✓Before incision, closure of a cavity, and skin closure
7. Coagulation with the harmonic scalpel is accomplished by the use of?
- ANS ✓Ultrasonic energy
8. What surgical procedure would Glisson's capsule be encountered? -
ANS ✓Hepatic lobectomy
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9. What is another term for intractable pain due to irritation of the fifth
cranial nerve? - ANS ✓Trigeminal neuralgia
10. What instrument would be used during a
dacryocystorhinostomy? - ANS ✓Oscillating saw
11. What procedure involves moving the ulnar nerve from one
location to another? - ANS ✓Transposition
12. What is the name of the elastic rolled bandage designed to
exsanguinate an extremity before a tourniquet cuff is inflated? - ANS
✓Esmarch
13. Where are carpal bones found? - ANS ✓Wrist
14. Cephalosporins are what classification of drug? - ANS
✓Antibiotics
15. What is the passive process when there is a greater movement
of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low
concentration? - ANS ✓Diffusion
16. When two chest tubes are inserted into the pleural cavity after
an open cardiovascular procedure, what does the superior tube
evacuate? - ANS ✓Air
17. Polyglycolic acid suture falls into which classification? - ANS
✓Synthetic absorbable
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18. When opening sterile supplies and instruments, where should
the gown and gloves for the first scrub surgical technologist be
opened? - ANS ✓Mayo stand
19. What term refers to a cancerous growth? - ANS ✓Malignant
20. What does the root word artery/o mean? - ANS ✓Artery
21. The middle muscular layer of the uterus is the? - ANS
✓Myometrium
22. A patient with pain during mastication might require surgical
decompression of what cranial nerve? - ANS ✓V
23. Intubation occurs during which phase of anaesthesia? - ANS
✓Induction
24. How could the centres of disease control and prevention
classify a disease that is constantly present in a community? - ANS
✓Endemic
25. What positioning device must be attached to the table when the
procedure is performed in reverse Trendelenburg? - ANS ✓Footboard
26. The organ that is divided into head, neck, body and tail which
lies posterior to the stomach is the? - ANS ✓Pancreas
27. What drug may be used to treat an anaphylactic reaction? - ANS
✓Antihistamine
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