Surgical Princples Flashcards
Which type of scissor is used to cut drapes
Operating
Which instrument has no gripping teeth and is a self-retaining forceps used for delicate tissue
Babcock
Which is the most delicate towel clamps with a squeeze handle
Jones
The forceps with longitudinal grooves and distal transverse grooves are
Rochester-carmalt
Which is the instrument designed to hold metal
Mayo needle holder
Which instrument can be used to cut through bone
Osteotome
Which type of needle would most likely be used when suturing a bladder
Taper
An example of non synthetic absorbable suture material is
Surgical gut
An example of non absorbable synthetic suture is
Vetafil
Surgical prep is done with a
40 blade
Prior to castration the prepuce may be flushed with
Chlorohexidine
The appropriate pH for detergent used to clean instruments is
9 to 11
During which type of surgery might rongeurs be used
Orthopedic
Which handheld retractors have three prongs on the end
Senn
Which scalpel blade is used to sever ligaments
No. 11
mayo scissors
cutting and dissecting dense tissue
metzenbaum scissors
cutting and dissecting delicate tissue
iris scissors
intraocular surgery
littauer and spencer scissors
removing sutures (spencer are smaller)
rat-tooth thumb forceps
used to place sutures
adson tissue forceps
good tissue grip with minimal damage
brown-adson tissue forceps
used with delicate tissue
dressing forceps
handling dressing material
Russian tissue forceps
holding hollow viscera
