Anatomy
Instrumentation
Pharmacology
Procedures
Med. Term
100
The type of pressure in the thoracic cavity.
What is negative pressure?
100
Can be plastic or metal, comes in various shapes and sizes, and used as a vascular clamp.
What is a Bulldog?
100
This is used to irrigate vascular structures and supplies used during surgery.
What is heparinized saline?
100
This is the removal of an entire lung.
What is pneumonectomy?
100
Needle aspiration of the thoracic cavity.
What is thoracentesis?
200
The right lung has __ lobes and the left lung has __ lobes.
What is 3 and 2?
200
This is used to extend an incision into the vessel.
What is Potts-Smith scissors?
200
This medication is used to reverse the effects of Heparin.
What is Protamine Sulfate?
200
Cancer typing for Lungs include these three methods.
What is T-Tumor, N-Nodes, M-Metastasis?
200
The space between the ribs.
What is intercostal space?
300
Rib pairs 1-7 are __, 8-10 are __, and 11 & 12 are ___.
What is true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs?
300
Used to remove an emboli from a vessel.
What is a Fogarty embolectomy catheter?
300
The reason a surgeon would want Streptokinase for a procedure.
What is a thrombolytic to break up the clot before using a balloon?
300
Performed on a patient with myasthenia gravis.
What is thymectomy?
300
Loss of elasticity and distention of the alveoli is this ailment.
What is emphysema?
400
These are the primary great vessels in the body.
What is the Aorta, Pulmonary vessels, and Vena Cava?
400
This is commonly used with vessel loops and is passed to the surgeon upon identifying a vessel or nerve.
What is a right angle clamp?
400
This is used to distend the vessels used at grafts to check for patency after anastomosis.
What is vein solution?
400
Name the types of bypasses performed for the lower extremities.
What is the fem-fem, fem-pop, fem-tib, and axillo-fem?
400
This is the loss of lung volume and also known as a collapsed lung.
What is atelectasis?
500
These are the layers in order from outside to inside of an artery. These are the layers for a vein.
What is tunica adventitia, tunica media, tunica intima? Veins are the same but also have valves as the innermost layer.
500
What are Lovelace thoracic graspers?
500
This medication is a type of hemostatic agent and must be handled with dry forceps.
What is Avitene?
500
Carotid Endarterectomy consists of clamping vessels in order. What is this order by naming the vessels clamped?
What is Internal Carotid, Common Carotid, and External Carotid arteries?
500
___ describes the progressive buildup of substances constricting blood flow, where ___ pertains to loss of arterial wall elasticity due to plaque buildup.
What is Atherosclerosis vs Arteriosclerosis?