Body Works
This coat of the Gastric Cavity has three layers of visceral muscle.
What is the Muscularis Coat?
This is the term for the physical/chemical process of destroying all living microorganisms and endospores.
What is Sterilization?
This is the appropriate fluid for adding to an enzymatic cleaner and soaking bioburden-covered instrumentation, post-operatively.
What is Distilled Water?
This surgical drape is designed to expose a TYPICAL incision site.
What is Fenestrated?
This prefix means "upon".
What is EPI-?
This is the most basic structural, functional unit of the body.
What is a Cell?
This is the characteristic of surgical team member's skin immediately following am appropriate and adequate surgical scrub.
What is Surgically Clean?
This type of hernia occurs when both direct and indirect hernias are present in the same pt.
What is Pantaloon?
Cyanoacrylate is another name for this synthetic adhesive used for surgical wound closure.
What is Dermabond/Indermil?
This is the term for "abnormal hardening of a gland".
This is the fibrous and serous tissue encapsulating the kidneys and adrenal glands.
What is Gerota's Fascia/Gerota's Capsule?
Pediatric surgical patients are at a higher risk for these two conditions.
What are Hypothermia and Hypovolemia?
This most often occurs from skull trauma located over the middle meningeal vein; symptoms progress slowly to brain-stem herniation if left untreated.
What is a Subdural Hematoma?
What are Open Appendectomy, Ostomy Creation, and Open Salpingectomy?
A communication pathway between the left and right hemispheres, this structure is vital for normal body functions.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
This is also known as the location of the pyramid of decussation.
What is the Brainstem?
This arterial occlusion is referred to as the "Widow-Maker".
What is the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery (LAD)?
These tumor types are responsible for 40% of all PRIMARY brain tumors.
What are Gliomas?
The most common mid-facial fx, this is also referred to as a transmaxillary fx.
What is a Le Fort I?
This syndrome is defined as "contractures of the palmar fascia, causing palpable cords at the 4th and 5th phalanges".
What is Dupuytren's?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Part 1: This is the pH of CSF.
Part 2: This is what a potential for Hydrogen greater than 7.0 is considered to be.
What is 7.3 - 7.4?
What is Alkaline/Base?
This congenital defect has four components and is characterized by cyanosis causing the appearance of "blue babies".
What is the Tetralogy of Fallot?
These three procedures MOST COMMONLY result in post-operative adhesion formations.
What are Cesarean Sections, Hysterectomies, and Appendectomies?
These structures maintain the cusps of the mitral and tricuspid valves on the ventricular side of the heart.
What are the Chordae Tendineae aka "Heart-Strings"?
The distal-most portion of spinal nerves is referred to as this.
What is the Filum Terminale?