Laparo Facts
This instrument, inserted through a trocar, provides visualization of the abdominal cavity via a camera.
What is a laparoscope?
This TA went to school in Taiwan!
Who is Paulina?
This RM enjoys writing short stories.
Who is Mahesh?
This popular HGTV couple turned Waco into a tourism hotspot with their show Fixer Upper.
Who are Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines?
This 2023 film starring Margot Robbie became a global box office hit and sparked a “pink” cultural phenomenon.
What is Barbie?
This term describes the creation of space in the abdomen using gas to improve visualization and instrument movement.
What is pneumoperitoneum?
This TA has practiced Karate for over 15 Years.
Who is Abhi?
This RM can play 17 different types of card games.
Who is Ananya?
This lesser-known lake just outside Waco serves as the primary drinking water source for the city.
What is Lake Waco?
This pop superstar completed the record-breaking “Eras Tour” spanning multiple albums and aesthetics.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This complication occurs when CO₂ enters the bloodstream during insufflation and can lead to cardiovascular collapse.
What is a gas embolism?
This TA's lockscreen on her/his macbook are apple music album covers which rotate constantly.
Who is Katie?
This RM has been dancing since she was two!
Who is Alexis?
This former Baylor president (2010–2016) resigned amid a major university scandal involving the football program.
Who is Ken Starr?
This 2021 album was positioned as a direct response to Certified Lover Boy, reigniting a long-standing rap rivalry.
What is Donda?
This alternative entry method involves making a small incision and directly visualizing layers to reduce risk of vascular injury.
What is the Hasson (open) technique?
This TA was on his/her's high school basketball team.
Who is Ashley?
This RM has ran with the bulls in Pamplona twice!
Who is Jadon?
This live bear habitat on campus houses Baylor’s mascots and is located near the Brazos River.
What is Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat?
This TikTok-born term describes deliberately absurd, overstimulating humor often with no coherent punchline.
What is “brainrot”?
This nerve can be irritated during laparoscopy, leading to referred shoulder pain post-operatively.
What is the phrenic nerve?
Ashley, Katie, Paulina, and Abhi were all in the same combined section when they were freshman. Name at least 2/4 of their TAs when they were students.
Who are Arun, Kayla, Carolyn, and Alyssa?
This RM is an international student.
Who is Omar?
This short-lived professional football team, based in Waco in the 1920s, is considered a precursor to today’s NFL franchises.
Who were the Waco Tigers?
This term describes when audiences root for morally flawed protagonists, commonly discussed with shows like Breaking Bad and The Sopranos.
What is the antihero effect?