Chapters 13, 14, & 15 Review

1. Chapters 13, 14, & 15Review Questions

2. Diagnostics • An AP radiographic film is taken ____. • front to back

3. Diagnostics • A myelogram is used to ____. • evaluate the spine

4. Diagnostics • What is used to enhance visualization of structures during a diagnostic imaging procedure? • contrast medium

5. Diagnostics • Which diagnostic imaging procedure allows the surgeon to view anatomic structures during the surgical procedure? • fluoroscopy

6. Diagnostics • Cholangiography is a radiographic study of the ____. • gallbladder

7. Diagnostics • Ultrasound involves the use of ____. • high-frequency sound waves

8. Diagnostics • The term staging refers to the ____. • degree of tumor metastasis

9. Diagnostics • The ____ is the physician who will provide a biopsy report • pathologist

10. Diagnostics • The Gram stain is a technique used to identify a ____. • bacteria

11. Diagnostics • Anaerobic bacteria are able to survive ____. • without oxygen

12. Diagnostics • Thoracentesis is the removal of ____. • fluid from the pleural cavity

13. Diagnostics • Electroencephalography is a recording of ____. • electrical activity of the brain

14. Diagnostics • Arterial saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen is measured with the use of ____. • pulse oximetry

15. Diagnostics • An estimation of the arterial levels of carbon dioxide is determined with the use of ____. • capnography

16. Diagnostics • Information about the patient's lung capacity, resistance, and ventilatory pressure is obtained and displayed with the use of ____. • spirometry

17. Diagnostics • For which purpose does a surgeon use a suture on a specimen? • to identify margins

18. Diagnostics • An anesthesiologist may order plain radiographic films of the chest for which purpose? • lung abnormalities that may interfere with the exchange of gases during anesthesia

19. Diagnostics • Nuclear medicine studies are also referred to as ____. • isotope scanning

20. Diagnostics • An otoscope is used for viewing the ____. • ear

21. Diagnostics • The normal blood value of platelets is ____ x 103/mm3. • 130-140

22. Diagnostics • To prevent contamination of the surgical patient during an X-ray, the surgical technologist will ____. • cover the X-ray cassette with a cassette cover

23. General Surgery • The xiphoid process is the ____ portion of the sternum. • distal

24. General Surgery • The gallbladder is found in the ____ abdominal quadrant. • right upper

25. General Surgery • Another name for the iliac region of the abdomen is ____. • inguinal

26. General Surgery • The linea alba is found ____. • medially where abdominal aponeuroses join

27. General Surgery • The long, vertical, straplike muscle of the abdominal wall is the ____. • rectus abdominis

28. General Surgery • The inner layer of the digestive tract wall is called the ____. • mucosa

29. General Surgery • The three portions of the small intestine are the ____. • duodenum, ileum, and jejunum (correct order?)

30. General Surgery • The appendix is attached to the ____. • cecum

31. General Surgery • What is a function of the omenta? • limit peritoneal infection

32. General Surgery • Which gland has both exocrine and endocrine functions? • pancreas

33. General Surgery • The beta cells of the islets of Langerhans are responsible for the production of ____. • insulin

34. General Surgery • In what position is the patient placed when a McBurney’s incision will be used? • supine

35. General Surgery • Which type of hernia is located within Hesselbach’s triangle? • direct

36. General Surgery • Nissen fundoplication is the procedure performed to correct a(n) ____. • hiatal hernia

37. General Surgery • Gastrostomy is the ____. • creation of an opening from the stomach to the skin

38. General Surgery • The use of a Penrose drain is often employed during inguinal herniorrhaphy to ____. • retract the spermatic cord

39. General Surgery • The term dysphagia means difficulty ____. • swallowing

40. General Surgery • Maloney dilators are used to dilate the ____. • esophagus

41. General Surgery • A purse-string suture is used ____. • to tighten or close an opening

42. General Surgery • Which incisional approach is most common for appendectomy? • McBurney’s

43. General Surgery • An end ileostomy is created from the ____. • terminal ileum

44. General Surgery • The term chyme refers to ____. • a mixture of partially digested food

45. General Surgery • The condition of gallstones is called ____. • cholelithiasis

46. General Surgery • What is the function of a T-tube? • drain bile

47. General Surgery • In addition to a major general surgical instrumentation set, what instruments will also be needed for a cholecystectomy? • CBD exploration instruments

48. General Surgery • What position is used to displace the abdominal contents to enhance the surgeon’s view of the lower abdominal region? • Trendelenburg

49. General Surgery • What position will the patient be placed in to facilitate thyroidectomy? • supine with the neck hyperextended

50. General Surgery • Insufflation of the abdomen is achieved with the use of ____. • carbon dioxide