Test Bank For Differentiating Surgical Instruments, 3rd Edition

Chapter 2: General Instruments Multiple Choice 1. 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 ANS: D DIFF: Easy 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 ANS: C DIF: Easy 3. 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 ANS: A DIF: Medium REF Page 1 4. 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 ANS: C DIF: Medium 5. 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 ANS: B DIF: Easy 6. A Mixter is another name for a: A. Schnidt B. Crile C. Right angle D. Kelly ANS: C DIF: Medium 7. What is the other name for a mosquito clamp? A. Kelly. B. Halstead C. Pean. D. Schnidt. ANS: B DIF: Hard Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 8. 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 ANS: C DIF: Medium 9. 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 ANS: D DIF: Medium 10. The nonperforating clip used to hold suction and other cords to the drape is a(n) A. Backhaus. B. Edna. C. Lahey. D. Kocher. ANS: B DIF: Medium 11. A Foerster is a a. tonsil clamp. b. tissue forcep. c. sponge stick. d. suction tip. ANS: C DIF: Easy Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 12. 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 ANS: C DIF: Medium 13.Which of the following is not a type of hand-held retractor? a. Senn b. Volkmann c. U.S. Army d. Weitlaner ANS: D DIF: Medium 14. 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 ANS: B DIF: Easy 15. 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 ANS: A DIF: Medium Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 16. All of the following are rake retractors except: a. Volkman b. Israel c. Goelet d. Murphy ANS: C DIF: Hard 17. Which towel clamp has ball stops on the tips? a. Edna b. Peers c. Backhaus d. Roeder ANS: D DIF: Hard 18. A Sawyer retractor is used to retract ____________ tissue. a. abdominal b. pelvic c. rectal d. extremity ANS: C DIF: Medium 19.A _____________ forceps may be used to grasp an endotracheal tube or catheter for insertion. a. Blake b. Magill c. Pennington d. Allis ANS: B DIF: Hard Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 20.Which of the following forceps has triangular jaws? a. Pennington b. Kocher c. Allis d. Mixter ANS: A DIF: Easy 21. Which of the following handles would not be used to hold a # 10 scalpel blade? a. #3 b. #4 c. #5 d. #7 ANS: B DIF: Medium Multiple Choice with Image NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-88 B NARREND 22. This tip belongs to what type of forceps? A. DeBakey B. Russian C. Adson D. Ferris-Smith ANS: B DIF: Easy Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company NAR: Figure 02-88 B NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-33 A NARREND 23. Identify the retractor pictured above. A. Richardson B. Richardson-Eastman C. Roux D. Goelet ANS: B DIF : Medium REF : NAR: Figure 02-33 A NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-40 A NARREND 24.Which of the following is not a name for the retractor pictured above? A. Green B. Goiter C. Loop D. Senn ANS: D DIF : Easy Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company REF : NAR: Figure 02-40 A NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-24 A NARREND 25. Identify the retractor pictured above. A. Weitlaner B. Cerebellar C. Beckman D. Richardson ANS: B DIF : Medium REF : NAR: Figure 02-24 A NARRBEGIN: Figure 02-122 A NARREND 26. The instrument pictured above would be used to staple: A. Bowel B. A gastric pouch C. A large blood vessel D. Skin Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company ANS: D NAR: Figure 02-122 A Matching 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 27. ANS: A DIF : Easy REF : 28. ANS: C DIF : Hard REF : 29. ANS: F DIF : Hard REF 30. ANS: E DIF : Easy REF : 31. ANS: G DIF: Easy REF : 32. ANS: D DIF : Medium REF : 33 ANS: B DIF : Easy REF : 34. ANS: H DIF : Hard REF : Short Answer 35. For what task would the surgeon use a Lahey tenaculum? ANS: To grasp tissue that is being removed DIF: Easy Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 36. What is a #11 knife blade used for? ANS: For making small puncture incisions DIF: Medium 37. What type of surgery is a #12 knife blade used for? ANS: Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat) DIF: Hard 38. Name two uses for an Edna (Lorna). ANS: Securing cords, cameras, or ESU to the drapes; securing towel drapes DIF: Medium 39. Place the following clamps in order from smallest (finest tip) to largest (heaviest tip): Crile, Halstead, Rochester Pean, Kelly ANS: Halstead, Crile, Kelly, Rochester Pean DIF: Medium 40. Select the instrument that is not a retractor: Senn, Balfour, Carmalt, Weitlaner ANS: Carmalt DIF: Easy Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 41. Select the instrument that is not a cutting instrument: Metzenbaum, Mayo-Collins, Lister, scalpel handle ANS: Mayo-Collins DIF: Easy 42. Select the instrument that is not a type of forceps: Russian, Ferris-Smith, Iris, Blake ANS: Blake DIF: Easy 43. Select the instrument that is not a towel clip: Peers, Roeder, Frazier, Edna ANS: Frazier DIF: Easy 44. Select the instrument that does not have perforating teeth: Kocher, Backhaus, Lahey, Edna ANS: Edna DIF: Medium 45. Select the instrument that is not a bowel clamp: Bainbridge, Sawyer, Allen, Doyen ANS: Sawyer DIF: Medium Completion 46. A CDH stapler is also known as a(n) __________ stapler. ANS: EEA DIF: Hard Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company 47. Another name for an “S” retractor is a(n) ________________. ANS: Hasson DIF: Hard 48. A tonsil suction is also known as a(n) __________________ suction. ANS: Yankauer DIF: Medium 49. ___________ are common bile duct dilators. ANS: Bakes DIF: Hard 50. A Ryder needle holder is also known as a(n) ___________________ needle holder. ANS: French eye or neurosurgical DIF: Hard 51. A # 5 knife handle is used mainly in _____________________ procedures. ANS: Podiatry DIF: Hard Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company True/False 52. An Edna towel clip is nonperforating. ANS: True DIF: Easy 53. Both pieces of a Poole suction must be accounted for in the instrument count. ANS: True DIS: Easy 54. Metzenbaum scissors should be used to cut heavy suture. ANS: False DIF: Easy Rationale: Metzenbaum scissors should only be used to cut or dissect delicate tissue. 55. A Mayo-Hagar needle holder is used to hold a large or heavy suture. ANS: True DIF: Medium 56. A Schnidt can also be called a Halstead. ANS: False DIF: Medium Rationale: A Schnidt can also be called a tonsil snap. 57. A Deaver is a type of self- retaining retractor. ANS: False Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company DIF: Easy Rationale: A Deaver is a type of handheld retractor 58. A #22 scalpel blade goes on a #7 handle. ANS: False DIF: Medium Rationale: A #22 scalpel blade goes on a #4 handle. 59. A Gigli saw can be used to saw the bone in a below the knee amputation. ANS: True DIF: Easy 60. A Richardson-Eastman is a single ended, handheld retractor. ANS: False DIF: Medium Rationale: A Richardson-Eastman is a double ended, handheld retractor. Copyright © 2020 by F. A. Davis Company