Deck 3: Surgery

Question 1

A tubal ligation is an operation that:

A) Makes men infertile
B) Removes the gallbladder
C) Ties off an artery
D) Is used for female contraception

Answer 1

Is used for female contraception

Question 2

When tissue is ablated, it is:

A) Augmented or built up
B) Shaved
C) Punched
D) Destroyed

Answer 2

Destroyed

Question 3

An object that is tunneled is:

A) One that is placed surgically under the skin before it enters its final target organ
B) made firm
C) Treated with radiation
D) Duplicated

Answer 3

One that is placed surgically under the skin before it enters its final target organ

Question 4

Which of the following is not typically observed after major surgery?

A) Stress ulcers of the stomach
B) Cardiac arrhythmias
C) Wound infection
D) Multiple personality disorder

Question 5

A typical location for a venous stasis ulcer is:

A) On the buttocks
B) On the back of the heels
C) Overlying the medial malleolus
D) Beneath the arm

Question 6

Surgical staff wear masks during operations to:

A) Reduce their risk of inhaling toxic fumes
B) Decrease the risk of swallowing splashed body fluids
C) Prevent the transmission of disease to patients
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 7

An endorectal ultrasound can be used to:

A) Visualize pancreatic tumors
B) Identify tumors of the prostate
C) Destroy esophageal tumors
D) Treat lung cancer

Question 8

Preoperatively, a surgeon accidentally understages a cancer that she plans to remove. During the operation she is likely to find:

A) That the tumor is smaller than expected
B) That the operation goes more quickly than she expected
C) That the operation is less technically challenging than she expected.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 9

A tumor that is debulked surgically:

A) Has been massively reduced in size and mass
B) Has been deprived of its blood supply
C) Has been treated with chemotherapy
D) Has been treated with radiation therapy

Question 10

Urban hospitals, when contrasted with rural hospitals:

A) Likely treat more patients with both common and uncommon surgical problems
B) Likely treat more patients with common surgical problems, but not uncommon problems
C) Are less likely to have specialists available on staff
D) Are less able to attract board certified surgeons to their staff

Question 11

A senior surgical nurse asks you to catheterize a patient's urethra. The object of her request is best explained as follows:

A) She wants to prevent the patient from coughing during the operation
B) She wants the patient's airway controlled
C) She wants to collect the patient's urine during the procedure
D) She wants to reduce operative bleeding

Question 12

A urologist operates upon:

A) The kidneys and bladder
B) The brain and spinal cord
C) The long bones and joints
D) The hilum of the lung

Question 13

A thoracic surgeon operates upon:

A) The kidneys and bladder
B) The brain and spinal cord
C) The long bones and joints
D) The hilum of the lung

Question 14

A neurosurgeon is most likely to operate upon:

A) The oral cavity
B) The facial bones
C) The carpal tunnel
D) The portal vein

Question 15

A Bovie is used to:

A) Dissect and cauterize tissue
B) Glue structures together
C) Anesthetize a patient
D) Guide a suture through the skin

Question 16

A running suture is:

A) Not secured.
B) Interrupted.
C) Difficult to remove
D) Used to close deep wounds
E) All of the above
F)None of the above

Question 17

A chest tube thoracostomy, which is used to drain fluids or gases from the pleural space, works because it contains a one-way valve known as a:

A) Flutter valve
B) Pop-off valve
C) Mitral valve
D) Ileocecal valve

Question 18

Surgery that removes parts of the duodenum and jejunem might contribute to:

A) Atrophy of the spleen
B) Vitamin deficiencies
C) Hearing loss
D) Difficulty with chewing

Question 19

During a car crash, an unbelted driver is thrown into the steering wheel of his car. This collision might result in:

A) Aortic dissection
B) Contusion of the myocardium
C) Cardiac rupture
D) Pneumothorax
E) All of the above
F)None of the above