FREE NBSTSA General Surgery Questions and Answers
What is the name of the waxy secretion found in the external ear canal?
Explanation:
Earwax is also referred to as cerumen.
What pathology in neurosurgery would a myelogram identify?
Explanation:
A lumbar puncture is used to inject radiopaque dye into the spinal subarachnoid space during a myelogram, a diagnostic technique. Myelograms are used to identify osteophytes.
The tympanic membrane is sometimes known as the?
Explanation:
The tympanic membrane is another name for the eardrum.
What surgical posture allows for the best pelvis or lower abdomen visibility?
Explanation:
When undergoing a lower abdominal or pelvic procedure, the Trendelenburg position enables the viscera to fall away from or toward the head, improving exposure of the operating region.
Which of the following wants is being met by the patient when he or she has faith in the surgical team's skills, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Explanation:
The patient's perception of their environment's safety and lack of threat is referred to as safety.
What situations would make a cell saver transfusion contraindicated?
Explanation:
Cancer cells, severe contamination, or infections preclude the use of cell saver transfusions.
When giving towels to a surgeon to square off an incision site, where should the first scrub surgical technologist stand?
Explanation:
Baker's cysts damage the popliteal fossa. The first scrub surgical technologist should stand to the side of the surgeon when utilizing four towels to square off the incision site.
What is the name of the urinary catheter used on patients with urethral strictures that has a narrow, curved, tapered tip?
Explanation:
A urinary catheter with a coude has a tiny, tapered, curved tip.
Which aneurysm typically forms in the iliac and renal arteries?
Explanation:
Primarily below the renal arteries and between the renal and iliac arteries are where abdominal aortic aneurysms develop.
Choose the oblique incision from the list below.
Explanation:
Only pre-vacuum sterilizers are subjected to the daily Bowie-Dick test, which checks for air entrapment.
What bacteria can survive without oxygen?
Explanation:
Anaerobes are types of bacteria that can survive without oxygen.