Module 13

Question 1

Baseball suture

Answer 1

Considered the most secure and commonly used, pass a suture needle and thread from beneath the incision up through the integument, and cross the needle from side to side with each stitch

Question 2

Lock suture

Answer 2

The lock suture creates a tight, leak proof closure. Begin the suture at one end of the incision and direct the needle through the tissue so that it passes through both sides of the incision from the outside. Lock the stitch by looping the needle through the thread.

Question 3

Whip stitch

Answer 3

Generally used to close long incisions. Anchor the suture thread, pass the needle through both sides of the incision, starting on the outside of the tissue on one side of the incision and passing directly through and out the tissues of the opposite side of the incision

Question 4

Worm suture

Answer 4

The worm suture is used to gather in and turn under excess tissues. It’s the same as the single intradermal suture, except that the stitches are generally made as close to the margins as possible

Question 5

N Stitch

Answer 5

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I cannot find this stitch even after looking online

Question 6

Purse string suture

Answer 6

a surgical suture passed as a running stitch in and out along the edge of a circular wound in such a way that when the ends of the suture are drawn tight the wound is closed like a purs