Surgical Instruments

Question 1

Halstead Mosquito Forceps

Answer 1

For: Ligating capillaries

Has transverse serrations over entire length of jaw

Question 2

Kelly Hemostats

Answer 2

For: occluding/controling intermediate sized vessels

Has transverse serrations on the distal portion of the jaw

Question 3

Crile Hemostats

Answer 3

For: control/ligate small to intermediate vessels

Has traansver serrations over entire length of jaw

Question 4

Rochester-Carmalt Hemostats

Answer 4

For: crushing large vessels, grasping tissue bundles

Have longitudinal serrations and transverse serratuibs at the tip

Question 5

Rochester-Pean Hemostats

Answer 5

To: occlude/clamp large vessels to control bleeding

Transverse serrations over entire jaw

Question 6

Rochester-Ochsner Hemostats

Answer 6

For: occluding/clamping large vessels to control bleeding

Transverse serrations with 2:1 rat teeth at tip

Question 7

Operating Scissors

Answer 7

For: general tissue cutting

Can be sharp/blunt, blunt/blunt, sharp/sharp

Question 8

Mayo Scissors

Answer 8

For: cutting and dissecting tissue and for cutting surgical drapes

Have a ridge

“heavy” looking

Question 9

Metzenbaum Scissors

Answer 9

For: cutting and dissecting delicate tissue

Fine tips can be blunt or sharp, long narrow shaft, thin

Question 10

Iris Scissors

Answer 10

For: intraocular surgery or other small delicate procedures

Small sharp tips

Question 11

Littauer Scissors

Answer 11

For: cutting out sutures

Blunt tips, one is hooked

Question 12

Lister Bandage Scissors

Answer 12

For: cutting under tape or bandage material without cutting skin

Blunt tips, one tip is flat and thick like a paddle

Question 13

White’s Scissor

Answer 13

For: used to servere ligaments and to cut cartilage in declaws, helps to amputate the 3rd phalanx from the 2nd

declaw scissors

Question 14

Rat-Tooth Forceps

Answer 14

For: grasping skin usually to place sutures

Long jaw, large teeth and intermesh at the tip

Question 15

Adson-tissue forceps

Answer 15

For: to grasp delicate tissues

very fine teeth at tip, wide thumb pad

Question 16

Brown-Adson tissue forceps

Answer 16

For: firmer grasp and more control over finer tissues

Has multiple fine teeth along tip of jaw on both sides and wide thumb pad

Question 17

Dressing Forceps

Answer 17

For: handling sterile dressing

Shallow blunt serrations with no teeth

Question 18

Allis Tissue Forceps

Answer 18

For: providing secrue grip on tissues

May cause damage to delicate tissues

Has intermeshing teeth

Question 19

Sponge Forceps

Answer 19

For: handling sterile guaze

Question 20

Backhaus towel clamp

Answer 20

For: securing the drape to the skin

curved ends with sharp tip have a boxlock and ratchet

Question 21

Jones Towel Clamps

Answer 21

For: securing drape to the skin

Curved ends with very sharp tips

No boxlock, jaws cross at tip

Question 22

Roeder towel clamps

Answer 22

For: securing drape to the skin

The ball at the end stops it from digging too deep and keeps drapes extra secured

Question 23

Mayo-Hegar Needle Drivers

Answer 23

For: used to hold needles and “throw” sutures

Boxlock at the furthest away from the finger rings. Short jaw length

Crisscross grooves

Question 24

Olsen-hegar needle drivers

Answer 24

For: holding needles and “throw” sutures

Boxlock is furthest away from finger loops, short jaw

Has scissors and crisscross grooves

Question 25

Round Bodied Needle

Answer 25

For: delicate tissues

Has a round body and pointed end

Question 26

Cutting Needle

Answer 26

For: tough skin, cartilage, tendons

Question 27

Reverse cutting needle

Answer 27

For: tough skin, cartilage, tebdibs

Question 28

Tapered Cutting

Answer 28

For: tissues that tear easily such as fibrous tissue (ligaments)

Question 29

Snook Spay Hook

Answer 29

Inserted into the spay incision to “fish” out uterine horns

Question 30

Bunt Clip

Answer 30

To gather and secure surgical instruments for wrapping a surgical pack

Question 31

10 Scalpel Blade

Answer 31

For: basic blade, incising skin

Question 32

15 Scalpel Blade

Answer 32

For: precise, small or curved incisions

Slim short blade

Question 33

11 Scalpel Blade

Answer 33

For: to sever ligaments

Has a pointed end

Question 34

12 Scalpel Blade

Answer 34

For: lancing abcesses

Curved, pointed end

Question 35

20 and #22 Scalpel Blade

Answer 35

For: large animal procedures used with number 4 handle!
Very large