surgical specialty quiz
What major artery supplies the descending colon - answer Left colic artery
Commonly implicated in SAH, the vessels of the Circle of Willis include - answer
Posterior communicating artery
Which of the following is the treatment for a patient that has a postoperative empyema?
- answer Rib resection
Pamela Morris is a 62-year-old woman with a 4-year history of Graves' disease that has
not responded to medical therapy. She is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What
condition, a complication of Graves' disease, is her probable indication for a subtotal
thyroidectomy? - answer Tracheal obstruction
During a surgical procedure to excise a malignant thyroid gland, the surgeon asks you
why she is not removing the posterior part of the patient's thyroid gland. Your correct
response is - answer so that the patient does not develop hypocalcemia
Which of the following is a risk factor associated with unplanned hypothermia? - answer
open cavity surgery
Drugs used during surgery can cause potential adverse reactions. which drug is
associated with an increased rate of cardiotoxicity - answer Bupivicaine
When elevations in serum calcitonin are found in the patient's blood work, what
diagnosis would you suspect - answer Medullary thyroid cancer
The cranial meninges are composed of all except - answer Pericranial mater
Inadvertent injury to which of the following nerves can result in vocal cord paralysis -
answer Recurrent nerve
Specific positioning considerations for bariatric patients require particular attention to
protecting these patients from inherent risks related to their size and weight. Protective
measures to protect both patient and staff include those below. Which measure reflects
the most safety protection for both patient and staff? - answer Ensure that the OR
bed can accommodate the patient's weight and girth
the surgeon found tumor nodules growing into the skin of the breast, with breast
swelling and redness. Diagnostic imaging results described a tumor that had grown into
the chest wall and may have spread to axillary lymph nodes and to other lymph nodes
What major artery supplies the descending colon - answer Left colic artery
Commonly implicated in SAH, the vessels of the Circle of Willis include - answer
Posterior communicating artery
Which of the following is the treatment for a patient that has a postoperative empyema?
- answer Rib resection
Pamela Morris is a 62-year-old woman with a 4-year history of Graves' disease that has
not responded to medical therapy. She is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What
condition, a complication of Graves' disease, is her probable indication for a subtotal
thyroidectomy? - answer Tracheal obstruction
During a surgical procedure to excise a malignant thyroid gland, the surgeon asks you
why she is not removing the posterior part of the patient's thyroid gland. Your correct
response is - answer so that the patient does not develop hypocalcemia
Which of the following is a risk factor associated with unplanned hypothermia? - answer
open cavity surgery
Drugs used during surgery can cause potential adverse reactions. which drug is
associated with an increased rate of cardiotoxicity - answer Bupivicaine
When elevations in serum calcitonin are found in the patient's blood work, what
diagnosis would you suspect - answer Medullary thyroid cancer
The cranial meninges are composed of all except - answer Pericranial mater
Inadvertent injury to which of the following nerves can result in vocal cord paralysis -
answer Recurrent nerve
Specific positioning considerations for bariatric patients require particular attention to
protecting these patients from inherent risks related to their size and weight. Protective
measures to protect both patient and staff include those below. Which measure reflects
the most safety protection for both patient and staff? - answer Ensure that the OR
bed can accommodate the patient's weight and girth
the surgeon found tumor nodules growing into the skin of the breast, with breast
swelling and redness. Diagnostic imaging results described a tumor that had grown into
the chest wall and may have spread to axillary lymph nodes and to other lymph nodes
