Deck 2: General Instruments

Question 1

The surgeon is getting ready to perform skin closure of an incision. In addition to a stapler, which of the following forceps would generally be used?

A) Russian
B) Bonney
C) Adson
D) DeBakey

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The surgeon is performing a colectomy. He has just entered the peritoneal cavity and now requests a large, self-retaining retractor. You would hand to him a:

A) Senn
B) Richardson
C) Bookwalter
D) Weitlaner

Answer 2

C

Question 3

All of the following are rake retractors except:

A) Volkman
B) Israel
C) Goelet
D) Murphy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The surgeon inserts a Blake drain into the incision. Which scissors would you hand him/her to cut the drain?

A) Metzenbaum
B) Straight iris
C) Straight Mayo
D) Curved iris

Question 5

The surgeon is performing an inguinal herniorrhaphy. He/she has made the skin incision and dissected down a short way into the underlying tissue. The assistant asks for a retractor. Which of the following would not be appropriate to hand him/ her?

A) U. S. Army
B) Volkmann
C) Balfour
D) Parker

Question 6

Which of the following would be the most appropriate instrument to hand a surgeon for clamping off a very small blood vessel?

A) Halstead
B) Kelly
C) Kocher
D) Pean

Question 7

A Sawyer retractor is used to retract ____________ tissue.

A) abdominal
B) pelvic
C) rectal
D) extremity

Question 8

A _____________ forceps may be used to grasp an endotracheal tube or catheter for insertion.

A) Blake
B) Magill
C) Pennington
D) Allis

Question 9

A Mixter is another name for a:

A) Schnidt
B) Crile
C) Right angle
D) Kelly

Question 10

Which towel clamp has ball stops on the tips?

A) Edna
B) Peers
C) Backhaus
D) Roeder

Question 11

Which of the following is not a type of hand-held retractor?

A) Senn
B) Volkmann
C) U.S. Army
D) Weitlaner

Question 12

What is the other name for a mosquito clamp?

A) Kelly.
B) Halstead
C) Pean.
D) Schnidt.

Question 13

You have just handed the surgeon a suture. Which scissors will you have ready to hand to her to cut the suture?

A) Curved Mayo
B) Metzenbaum
C) Potts
D) Straight Mayo

Question 14

You have a #20 knife blade on your field. Onto what size knife handle do you need to insert the blade?

A) #4
B) #3
C) #7
D) #2

Question 15

Which of the following forceps has triangular jaws?

A) Pennington
B) Kocher
C) Allis
D) Mixter

Question 16

The surgeon needs to cut through a heavy muscle. Which scissors would be the most appropriate to hand him/her?

A) Metzenbaum b curved Mayo
C) Curved Iris
D) straight Iris

Question 17

Which of the following instruments does not have sharp teeth and therefore can be used on delicate tissue?

A) Lahey
B) Kocher
C) Backhaus
D) Babcock

Question 18

The surgeon is about to irrigate the abdomen with large amounts of normal saline. She asks for an abdominal suction. What is the other name for this instrument?

A) Frasier
B) Poole
C) Yankauer
D) Tonsil

Question 19

The nonperforating clip used to hold suction and other cords to the drape is a(n)

A) Backhaus.
B) Edna.
C) Lahey.
D) Kocher.

Question 20

A Foerster is a

A) tonsil clamp.
B) tissue forcep.
C) sponge stick.
D) suction tip.

Question 21

Place the following clamps in order from smallest (finest tip) to largest (heaviest tip):
Crile, Halstead, Rochester Pean, Kelly

Question 22

NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-122 A
The instrument pictured above would be used to staple:

A) Bowel
B) A gastric pouch
C) A large blood vessel
D) Skin

Question 23

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Accessory

Question 24

NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-88 B
This tip belongs to what type of forceps?

A) DeBakey
B) Russian
C) Adson
D) Ferris-Smith

Question 25

Select the instrument that is not a retractor: Senn, Balfour, Carmalt, Weitlaner

Question 26

For what task would the surgeon use a Lahey tenaculum?

Question 27

NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-40 A
Which of the following is not a name for the retractor pictured above?

A) Green
B) Goiter
C) Loop
D) Senn

Question 28

What type of surgery is a #12 knife blade used for?

Question 29

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Retracting and exposing

Question 30

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Suturing and stapling

Question 31

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Probing and dilating

Question 32

Name two uses for an Edna (Lorna).

Question 33

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Suctioning and Aspirating

Question 34

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Grasping and holding

Question 35

Which of the following handles would not be used to hold a # 10 scalpel blade?

A) #3
B) #4
C) #5
D) #7

Question 36

What is a #11 knife blade used for?

Question 37

NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-24 A
Identify the retractor pictured above.

A) Weitlaner
B) Cerebellar
C) Beckman
D) Richardson

Question 38

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Clamping and Occluding

Question 39

NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-33 A
Identify the retractor pictured above.

A) Richardson
B) Richardson-Eastman
C) Roux
D) Goelet

Question 40

Match the following instruments with their correct category.
A. Harrington (sweetheart)
B. Metzenbaum
C. Desjardin
D. Foerster
E. Frazier
F. Crile-Wood
G. Mixter
H. Bakes
27. Retracting and exposing
28. Accessory
29. Suturing and stapling
30. Suctioning and Aspirating
31. Clamping and Occluding
32. Grasping and holding
33. Cutting and dissecting
34. Probing and dilating
Cutting and dissecting

Question 41

A # 5 knife handle is used mainly in _____________________ procedures.

Question 42

A Deaver is a type of self- retaining retractor.

Question 43

A Ryder needle holder is also known as a(n) ___________________ needle holder.

Question 44

Select the instrument that is not a cutting instrument: Metzenbaum, Mayo-Collins, Lister, scalpel handle

Question 45

A Schnidt can also be called a Halstead.

Question 46

Select the instrument that is not a bowel clamp: Bainbridge, Sawyer, Allen, Doyen

Question 47

A Mayo-Hagar needle holder is used to hold a large or heavy suture.

Question 48

Select the instrument that is not a towel clip: Peers, Roeder, Frazier, Edna

Question 49

A CDH stapler is also known as a(n) __________ stapler.

Question 50

A #22 scalpel blade goes on a #7 handle.

Question 51

Both pieces of a Poole suction must be accounted for in the instrument count.

Question 52

An Edna towel clip is nonperforating.

Question 53

A Gigli saw can be used to saw the bone in a below the knee amputation.

Question 54

Another name for an "S" retractor is a(n) ________________.

Question 55

A Richardson-Eastman is a single ended, handheld retractor.

Question 56

A tonsil suction is also known as a(n) __________________ suction.

Question 57

___________ are common bile duct dilators.

Question 58

Select the instrument that is not a type of forceps: Russian, Ferris-Smith, Iris, Blake

Question 59

Select the instrument that does not have perforating teeth: Kocher, Backhaus, Lahey, Edna

Question 60

Metzenbaum scissors should be used to cut heavy suture.