Practical 1 Review

Question 1

Why is stainless steel the ideal material for manufacturing surgical instruments? & what is it made out of?

Answer 1

Two characteristics make it an ideal material for manufacturing surgical instruments:
Very Strong
Resists Corrosion
A mixture of different types of metals and carbon
Metals including: Iron, Chromium, Nickel, Molybdenum

Question 2

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Scalpel

Answer 2

For dividing tissues with minimal trauma

Question 3

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Needle Holders

Answer 3

Designed for holding curved suture needles during suturing and for doing instrument ties

Question 4

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Scissors

Answer 4

Used for cutting and dissecting tissue, cutting suture and bandage material

Question 5

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Mayo Scissors

Answer 5

Used for cutting and dissecting tissue

Question 6

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Metzenbaum Scissors

Answer 6

Used for cutting and dissecting tissue

Question 7

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Thumb Forceps

Answer 7

Designed to hold and retract tissue.
The teeth allow tissue to be securely held with minimal trauma.

Question 8

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Hemostatic Forceps:

Answer 8

Used to clamp blood vessels. These are crushing instruments that stop bleeding by collapsing the lumen of the vessel.

Question 9

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Tissue Forceps:

Answer 9

Used to hold and retract tissue delicately without crushing it

Question 10

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Retractors:

Answer 10

Used to pull apart the edges of incised surgical sites to allow visualization and access to tissues and organs

Question 11

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Bone Curette

Answer 11

Used to scrape away loose bone matter

Question 12

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Rongeur

Answer 12

Used to remove or break up pieces of bone

Question 13

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Pin (bone) Chuck

Answer 13

Used to drive intramedullary pins into bones

Question 14

Purpose & Function During Surgery: Snook Spay Hook

Answer 14

Used during spays to retrieve the uterine horn

Question 15

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Forester Sponge Forceps

Answer 15

Used to handle sterile gauze sponges during surgery

Question 16

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Backhaus Towel Clamps & Jones Towel Clamps

Answer 16

Used for holding surgical drapes in place

Question 17

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Groove Director

Answer 17

Used to position under the body wall when making an incision into a body cavity to prevent accidental laceration of organs

Question 18

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Needle Sterilizing Rack

Answer 18

Used to hold surgical needles within the instrument pack during autoclaving

Question 19

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Dental Elevator

Answer 19

Used for separating gingival tissue from the tooth and loosening the dental root attachment

Question 20

Purpose & Function During Surgery:
Dental Extractor

Answer 20

Used for the removal of teeth

Question 21

Two key differences in disinfectants are:

Answer 21

1. The type of microbe they kill
2. The physical conditions under which they are most effective