Surgical Instruments Identification

Question 1

What instrument is this?

Answer 1

Olsen-Hegar needle drivers
(+ scissors!)

Question 2

What instrument is this?

Answer 2

Mayo-Hegar needle drivers
(- scissors!)

Question 3

What instrument is this?

Answer 3

Derf needle holder
(small, delicate)

Question 4

What instrument is this?

Answer 4

Bard-Parker #3 scalpel handle
(No. 10, 11, 12, 15 blades - small animal)

Question 5

What instrument is this?

Answer 5

Bard-Parker #4 scalpel handle
(No. 20-29 blades - large animal)

Question 6

What instrument is this?

Answer 6

Debakey forceps
(atraumatic)

Question 7

What instrument is this?

Answer 7

Adson forceps
(rat tooth)

Question 8

What instrument is this?

Answer 8

Adson Brown forceps
(multiple intermeshing teeth)

Question 9

What instrument is this?

Answer 9

Lister bandage scissors

Question 10

What instrument is this?

Answer 10

Mayo scissors
(heavy, thick blades)

Question 11

What instrument is this?

Answer 11

Metzenbaum scissors
(lighter, thin blades)

Question 12

What instrument is this?

Answer 12

Iris scissors
(small, fine)

Question 13

What instrument is this?

Answer 13

Suture scissors
(notched bottom)

Question 14

What instrument is this?

Answer 14

Wire cutting scissors
(angled, serrated lower jaw + notch)

Question 15

What instrument is this?

Answer 15

Snook hook
(long, flat, thin handle)

Question 16

What instrument is this?

Answer 16

Covault spay hook
(thinner, ball at the end)

Question 17

What instrument is this?

Answer 17

Backhaus towel clamp
(penetrating)

Question 18

What instrument is this?

Answer 18

Lorna (Edna) towel clamp
(non-perforating)

Question 19

What instrument is this?

Answer 19

Rochester Carmalt hemostatic forceps
(longitudinal grooves entire length + cross striations on tip)

Question 20

What instrument is this?

Answer 20

Kelly hemostatic forceps
(transverse striations on distal tip - Kelly didn’t go crazy all the way)

Question 21

What instrument is this?

Answer 21

Halsted mosquito hemostatic forceps
(small, delicate - transverse striations entire length)

Question 22

What instrument is this?

Answer 22

Crile hemostatic forceps
(transverse serrations entire length - similar size to Kelly)

Question 23

What instrument is this?

Answer 23

Allis tissue forceps
(crushing - interlocking teeth)

Question 24

What instrument is this?

Answer 24

Babcock tissue forceps
(crushing - smooth, flat tips)

Question 25

What instrument is this?

Answer 25

Doyen intestinal forceps
(non-crushing, occluding - longitudinal striations)

Question 26

What instrument is this?

Answer 26

Army-Navy retractor
(double-ended, blunt, hand-held, fenestrated handle)

Question 27

What instrument is this?

Answer 27

Weitlaner retractor
(self-retaining, W fingers)

Question 28

What instrument is this?

Answer 28

Gelpi retractor
(self-retaining, pointy)

Question 29

What instrument is this?

Answer 29

Senn retractor
(hand-held, blunt end and forked end, right angle)

Question 30

What instrument is this?

Answer 30

Baulfor abdominal retractor
(self-retaining, lateral)

Question 31

What instrument is this?

Answer 31

Barraquer eyelid speculum
(self-retaining)

Question 32

What instrument is this?

Answer 32

Poole suction tip
(blunt tip, fenestrations)

Question 33

What instrument is this?

Answer 33

Frazier suction tip
(fine tipped, no fenestrations)

Question 34

What instrument is this?

Answer 34

dental elevator

Question 35

What instrument is this?

Answer 35

curette
(double-ended, non-triangular working ends)

Question 36

What instrument is this?

Answer 36

scaler
(double-ended, sharp triangular working ends)

Question 37

Curette vs. scaler:

Answer 37

Question 38

What instrument is this?

Answer 38

extraction forceps

Question 39

What instrument is this?

Answer 39

periodontal probe
(blunt tipped)

Question 40

What instrument is this?

Answer 40

dental explorer
(sharp tipped)