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Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist Ch. 10 AST Exam Study Guide. Most modern surgical instruments are made of - answerStainless Steel Chromium increases resistance to - answercorrosion Blades #20-#25 fit which # handle? - answer#4 handle Blades #10, #11, #12, and #15 fit which # ...

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©THEBRIGHT EXAM SOLUTIONS

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Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist Ch. 10 AST Exam Study Guide.



Most modern surgical instruments are made of - answer✔Stainless Steel

Chromium increases resistance to - answer✔corrosion

Blades #20-#25 fit which # handle? - answer✔#4 handle

Blades #10, #11, #12, and #15 fit which # handles? - answer✔#3, #7 and #9 handles

The suffix -tome refers to an instrument for - answer✔cutting

Grooves located on the jaws of surgical instruments that are either longitudinal, cross-hatched, or
horizontal are called - answer✔serrations or teeth

Instruments designed for the exposure of the operative site are called - answer✔Retractors

Instruments used to gradually increase the diameter of an orifice to allow for introduction of larger
instrumentation or to open a stricture are called - answer✔Dilators

An instrument with a sharp point and cutting edges that allow for penetration of a body cavity for the
drainage of fluid or the introduction of an endoscope is called a - answer✔Trocar

This type of instrumentation is typically made of titanium because it is stronger yet lighter in weight. -
answer✔Microinstrumentation

Name the 3 phases of handling of instruments referred to as the instrument cycle are - answer✔1.
Preoperative

2. Intraoperative

3. Postoperative

What is used to ensure that all necessary instruments from each category are included in the set being
used? - answer✔A count sheet

Used for diagnosis, biopsy, visualization and/or repair of a structure with a body cavity or the interior of
a hollow organ. - answer✔An endoscope

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Instruments used in the OR that are run by compressed air or nitrogen, electricity or batteries are called
- answer✔Power tools

The ability of the optical system to filter out adjacent images and to clarify detail is called the -
answer✔Resolving power

Uses liquid nitrogen, Freon, or carbon Dioxide gas to deliver extreme cold through insulated probes -
answer✔Cryotherapy units

Carbon Dioxide gas is infused into the abdominal cavity through a - answer✔Verress insufflation needle

Name the 5 components of a suction system - answer✔1. Vacuum source

2. Vacuum source tubing

3. Collection unit

4. Tubing

5. Suction tip

A device that is powered by nitrogen, battery or electricity that is used to debride a traumatic or
infected wound is called a(n) - answer✔Irrigation /Aspiration (IA) device

This device restricts blood flow to the surgical site for some procedures - answer✔A Tourniquet

List the 2 main purposes that the tourniquet serves - answer✔1. The amount of blood lost by the patient
is minimized

2. Visualization of the surg.ical site for the sterile team members is improved.

These devices are applied to the patient's leg to prevent venous stasis in the operating room -
answer✔Sequential compression device

Disposable drapes that have reinforced layers of material surrounding the opening of the drape are
called - answer✔Fenestration drapes

This drape is made of a thin, clear, plastic material that has an adhesive backing applied to the patient's
skin that may be impregnated with an antimicrobial iodine agent - answer✔Incise drape

This small drape of clear plastic with openings surrounded by an adhesive backing is commonly used to
drape eyes - answer✔Aperture (fenestrated) drapes

This drape is used to create an opening for a surgical site or to drape and extremity -
answer✔Nonfenestrated "U" or split sheet

These are designed as stretchable tubes to cover extremities. One end is closed and they come in both
impervious and non-impervious types. - answer✔Stockinettes

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