Anatomy
Surgery in Pop Culture
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Historical/facts
100

Which artery is palpated at the wrist for pulse?

Radial artery

100

In Grey’s Anatomy, this emergency airway procedure is often performed with a pen when a patient can’t breathe.

Cricothyrotomy

100

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Appendectomy

100

What organ is responsible for this? 🍔➡️?➡️🩸

Liver

100

What surgery has been performed to remove the gall bladder

Cholesystecomy

200

At what level is a lumbar puncture performed

L4-L5

200

In Stranger Things, Max suffers severe limb trauma—this life-saving surgical procedure may be required if bleeding cannot be controlled.

Amputation

200

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Fasciotomy

200

What procedure is this? 🫀⚡🔁

defibrillation

200

What was the unique feature of early 19th-century operating theaters that led to the nickname "theater"?

They had stadium-style seating for spectators to watch surgeries.

300

Fracture of the pterion most endangers which vessel?

Middle meningeal artery

300

In The Dark Knight, Harvey Dent survives extensive facial burns—this surgical specialty would manage his reconstruction.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

300

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Salpingo-oophorectomy

300

What surgical procedure is this? 🪚🦴➡️🔩

ORIF / open reduction internal fixation

300

What tool, invented by René Laennec in 1816, was created because he was uncomfortable placing his ear directly on a patient's chest?

Stethoscope

400

The right coronary artery supplies blood to the right atrium and ventricle, but it also gives rise to this branch that helps supply blood to the sinoatrial (SA) node.

Sinoatrial nodal artery

400

In House M.D., patients with dangerously raised intracranial pressure often require this procedure to relieve brain swelling.

Decompressive craniotomy

400

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Transurethral Resection

400

What postoperative complication is this? 🛌🦵🫧🩸🫀

Pulmonary embolism

400

In 1898, the Bayer company marketed what highly addictive drug as a non-addictive cough suppressant for children?

Heroin

500

The "golden hour" in trauma surgery refers to the first hour following injury, when immediate treatment is most critical. This organ is often involved in trauma surgeries due to its vulnerability.

Liver

500

In Jurassic Park, a patient with internal bleeding would most urgently require this imaging-guided diagnostic procedure.

FAST ultrasound

500

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Phacoemulsification

500

What surgical procedure is this: ⛽️✅ 👋🎟️

⛽️ (gas) ✅ (tric) 👋 (by) 🎟️ (pass) = gastric bypass

500

To the nearest decade, when was the first successful organ transplant performed, and what organ was it?

1950s, kidney

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