This is the mesh size of soda lime granules
What is 4-8 mesh?
The MAC for Desflurane
What is 6%?
These two cranial nerves are not truly cranial nerves, but instead, direct neural tissue
What are the Olfactory (I) and the Optic (II) nerves?
This gas law explains why volume increases as temperature rises
What is Charles’ Law?
This pH concept explains ionized vs non-ionized drug fractions
What is the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation?
This IV induction agent causes pain on injection and is associated with hypotension
What is propofol/diprivan?
This agency is responsible for safety related to picking up and delivering compressed gas cylinders
What is the Motor Safety Division of the Department of Transportation (MSD-DOT)?
The estimated blood volume for a female in ml/kg
What is 65 ml/kg?
This is the % incidence of VAE in neurologic surgery in the sitting position
What is 25%?
This gas law states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the individual pressure of each gas in solution
What is Dalton's law?
This principle underlies pulse oximetry
What is the Beer-Lambert Law?
This inhalational agent is most associated with compound A formation
What is Sevoflurane?
745 psi
What is the psi for an E-cylinder of nitrous oxide?
This is the blood gas solubility coefficient of Desflurane
What is 0.42?
This CLASS of anesthetics decreases cerebral metabolic rate MOST
What are Barbiturates?
This anesthetic has the lowest blood-gas partition coefficient
What is Desflurane.?
This principle explains volatile anesthetic diffusion across alveoli
What is Fick's Law of diffusion?
This opioid has a context-sensitive half-time that remains short even after prolonged infusions
What is Remifentanil?
This is the water content of soda lime
What is 14-19%?
Laryngospasm is characteristic of this Guedel's stage
What is stage 2?
This is the volume of CSF found in the subarachnoid space
What is 125 ml?
The mean CSF volume is 150 ml, with 25 ml in the ventricles and 125 ml in subarachnoid spaces
This factor most directly determines MAC
What is AGE?
This principle explains resistance in small airways
What is Poiseuille’s Law?
This neuromuscular blocker is contraindicated in patients with a history of malignant hyperthermia
What is Succinylcholine?
It's the pin position for oxygen cylinders
What is 2-5?
This historic figure - founder and 1st AANA president

Who is Agatha Hodgins?
This physiologic change increases intracranial pressure
What is HYPERcapnia?
The adiabatic escape of compressed gas into space, during which cooling of the gas in the cylinder occurs
What is the Joule-Thompson effect?
Explains the reason for this equation DO₂ = CO × CaO₂
What is oxygen delivery/extraction?
This medication is an alpha-2 agonist commonly used for sedation and sympatholysis
What is Dexmedetomidine?