Thoracic & Pulmonary Surgery Flashcards

1
Q

STRUCTURE THAT PREVENTS THE TRACHEA FROM COLLAPSING

A

HYALINE CARTILAGE

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2
Q

MICROSCOPIC AIR SACS CLUSTERED AT THE END OF THE BRONCHIOLE

A

ALVEOLI

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3
Q

THE MAIN BRONCHI, PULMONARY ARTERIES, VEINS AND LYMPHATIC VESSELS ENTER THE LUNG ON THE MEDIAL SURFACE THROUGH THE:

A

HILUM

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4
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RIGHT LUNG HAS HOW MANY LOBES

A

3

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5
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CONGENITAL CHEST DEFORMITY

A

PECTUS EXCAVATUM

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6
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PREFERRED FOR THE REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY IN THE BRONCHIAL TREE

A

RIGID BRONCHOSCOPE

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7
Q

PATIENT POSITION FOR LOBECTOMY

A

POSTEROLATERAL

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8
Q

WHICH INTERCOSTAL SPACE IS ENTERED FOR A THORACTOMY

A

5TH

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9
Q

TYPE OF HEMOSTATIC AGENT THAT IS PLACED ON EACH SIDE OF THE STERNUM AFTER A MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

A

BONE WAX

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10
Q

PARTS OF THE STERNUM

A

MANUBRIUM, BODY, AND XIPHOID PROCESS

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11
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HOW MANY TRUE RIBS

A

7

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12
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THE TRACHEA DIVIDES AT THE ________ INTO RIGHT AND LEFT BRONCHI

A

CARINA

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13
Q

REMOVAL OF AIR OR BLOOD FROM THE PLEURAL CAVITY BY MEANS OF NEEDLE ASPIRATION

A

THORACENTESIS

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14
Q

A REDUCTION OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE ON ONE SIDE OF THE THORACIC CAVITY WHICH CAUSES THE NEGATIVE PRESSURE ON THE NORMAL SIDE TO PULL IN AN EFFORT TO EQUALIZE PRESSURE

A

MEDIASTINAL SHIFT

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15
Q

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF FIBRINOUS DEPOSITS ON THE VISCERAL AND PARIETAL PLEURA

A

DECORTICATION OF THE LUNG

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16
Q

ENDOSCOPIC SECRETIONS OR WASHINGS FOR LAB STUDY ARE COLLECTED IN

A

LUKENS TRAP

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17
Q

WHEN A RIB IS REMOVED THE REMAINING BONE EDGES ARE TIMMED WITH

A

RONGEUR

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18
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WHICH INSTRUMENT IS A RIB CONTRACTOR

A

BAILEY

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19
Q

WHICH NODE IS AN IMPORTANT SITE FOR METASTASIS FROM THE LUNGS AND IS A FREQUENT SITE FOR BIOPSY

A

SCALENE

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20
Q

THE PATHOLOGY IN WHICH THE SUBCLAVAIN ARTERY IS COMPRESSED RESULTING IN SEVERE ISCHEMA

A

THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME

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21
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THE MUSCLE IMPORTANT IN RESPIRATION

A

INTERCOSTAL

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22
Q

WHICH OF THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES ORIGINATES AT THE PUBIC BONE AND ENDS IN THE RIBS

A

RECTUS ABDOMINIS

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23
Q

ANOTHER NAME FOR THE STERNUM

A

BREASTBONE

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24
Q

THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF RIBS

A

12

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25
Q

A CLOT THAT FORMS INSIDE A VESSEL

A

THROMBUS

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26
Q

THE SEROUS MEMBRANCE THAT COVERS THE HEART

A

PERICARDIUM

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27
Q

WHAT GLAND PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN IMMUNITY

A

THYMUS GLAND

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28
Q

INTRAOPERATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT MEASURES TISSUE PERFUSION (PO2 &PCO2)

A

ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES (ABGS)

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29
Q

FORCEPS USED TO GRASP LUNG TISSUE

A

DUVAL

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30
Q

A BETHUNE IS A/AN

A

RIB SHEAR

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31
Q

INCISIOON UTILIZED TO SURGICALLY REMOVE SCALENE NODES

A

SUPRACLAVICULAR APPROACH

32
Q

WHAT DOES TEE STAND FOR

A

TRANSESOPHAGEL ECHOCARDIOGRAM

33
Q

THE ACRONYM VATS MEANS

A

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY

34
Q

AIR IN THE CHEST; MAY OCCUR FROM A BLEB (BLISTER) THAT PURTURES

A

PNEUMOTHORAX

35
Q

DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

A

DYSPNEA

36
Q

INCISION MOST LIKEY FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY

A

MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

37
Q

WHY WOULD A CERVICAL RIB RESECTION BE PERFORMED

A

THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME

38
Q

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE WHICH PERMITS VISUALIZATON OF THE GREAT VESSELS

A

MEDIASTINOSCOPY

39
Q

PIGEON BREASTED - CONGENTIAL DEFORMITY IN WHICH THE STERNUM IS PROJECTING FORWARD

A

PECTUS CARINATUM

40
Q

FUNNEL CHEST - CONGENTIAL DEFORMITY IN WHICH THE ANTERIOR CHEST WALL IS PUSHED BACK TO THE SPINE

A

PECTUS EXCAVATUM

41
Q

INADEQUATE LUNG EXPANSION BECAUSE OF COLLAPSE OF A SECTION

A

ATELECTASIS

42
Q

PUS

A

EMPYEMA

43
Q

BLUISH DISCOLORATION DUE TO OXYGEN DEFICIENCY

A

CYANOSIS

44
Q

BRAMCHING OR FORKING INTO TWO

A

BIFURCATION

45
Q

REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE LUNG

A

PNEUMONECTOMY

46
Q

BETWEEN THE RIBS

A

INTERCOASTAL

47
Q

DOME-SHAPED MUSCLE SEPARATING THE ABDOMEN FROM THE THORACIC CAVITY

A

DIAPHRAGM

48
Q

SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TREAT MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

A

THYMECTOMY

49
Q

THE SEROUS LINING OF THE CHEST CAVITY

A

PARIETAL PLEURA

50
Q

WHAT BODY STRUCTURE IS INVOLVED WHEN APPLY CRICOID PRESSURE

A

TRACHEA

51
Q

WHAT LIES BETWEEN THE LUNG AND CHEST WALL

A

PLEURA

52
Q

WHAT SURGICAL PROCEDURES REQUIRES AN INCISION IN THE SUPRASTERNAL NOTCH

A

MEDIASTINOSCOPY

53
Q

THE WALLS OF THE ALVEOLI ARE COMPOSED OF

A

SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

54
Q

CHRONIC DILATATION OF THE BRONCHI WITH A SECONARY INFECTION RESULTING IN HAILITOSIS, COUGHING SPELLS AND THICK SPUTUM

A

BRONCHIECTASIS

55
Q

INCISION WHICH THE STERNUM IS SPLIT VERTICALLY FROM THE SUPRASTERNAL NOTCH TO XIPHOID PROCESS

A

MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

56
Q

ARDS

A

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

57
Q

STUDY OF VESSELS WITH THE USE FO CONTRAST MEDIA

A

ANGIOGRAM

58
Q

X-RAY OR FLUOROSCOPY OF ARTERIES FOLLOWING INJECTION OF CONTRAST MEDIA

A

ARTERIOGRAM

59
Q

ABNORMAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BRONCHUS AND PLEURAL CAVITY

A

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA

60
Q

SURGICAL PROCEDURE WHERE SMALL WEDGES OF DAMAGED LUNG TISSUE ARE REMOVED, TO ALLOW THE REMAINING TISSUE TO FUNCTION BETTER

A

LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY

61
Q

RESPIRATORY CENTER IN THE BRAIN

A

MEDULLA OBLONGATA

62
Q

THE VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE EXHALED AFTER THE DEEPEST POSSIBLE INSPIRATION

A

VITAL CAPACITY

63
Q

THE VOLUME OF AIR MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE LUNGS WITH EACH BREATH

A

TIDAL VOLUME

64
Q

SWELLING CAUSED BY TOO MUCH FLUID TRAPPED IN BODY TISSUE

A

EDEMA

65
Q

COUGHING UP BLOOD

A

HEMOPTYSIS

66
Q

NORMAL BREATHING

A

EUPNEA

67
Q

TEMPORARY CESSATION IN BREATHING

A

APNEA

68
Q

AN INCREASED RATE AND DEPTH OF BREATHING

A

HYPERPNEA

69
Q

NAME OF THE CARTILAGE WHICH ACTS AS A LID, CLOSING OFF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT WHEN THE LARYNX RISES DURING THE SWALLOWING PROCESS

A

EPIGLOTTIS

70
Q

REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE LOBE OF THE LUNG

A

SEGMENTAL RESECTION

71
Q

MAXIMUM TIME BETWEEN HARVEST AND TRANSPLANT OF THE HEART AND LUNGS

A

6 HRS

72
Q

WHO PREFORMED THE FIRST LUNG TRANSPLANT

A

JAMES HARDY (1963)

73
Q

WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY ANASTOMOSES FOR LUNG TRANSPLANT

A

BRONCHI, PA, PULMONARY VEINS (BRONCHIAL ARTERY IS NOT NECESSARY)

74
Q

SAME INDIVIDUAL IS BOTH DONOR AND RECIPIENT

A

AUTOGRAFT

75
Q

DONOR AND RECIPOENT ARE GENETICALLY DISSIMILAR BUT OF HE SAME SPECIES (HUMAN TO HUMAN)

A

ALLOGRAFT

76
Q

TYPE OF LUNG CANCER ARISES IN NONSMOKERS

A

ADENOCARCINOMA