1. What is the correct name of each of the following instruments?

Photo A

a. tissue forceps
b. Adson tissue forceps
c. Brown Adson forceps
d. DeBakey thoracic forceps

1. Photo A Answer

c. Brown Adson forceps

Photo B

a. Mayo scissors
b. Metzenbaum scissors
c. General purpose scissors
d. Serrated mayo scissors

1. Photo B Answer

b. Metzenbaum scissors

Photo C

a. Mayo Hagar needle holders
b. Olsen Hegar needle holders
c. Castroviego needle holders

1. Photo C Answer

a. Mayo Hagar needle holders

Photo D

a. Halstead Mosquito hemostats
b. Kelly hemostats
c. Crile hemostats
d. Rochester-Carmalt forceps

1. Photo D Answer

b. Kelly hemostats

2. Choose the most common use of each of the following instruments:

Photo A

a. fine blunt dissection
b. cutting delicate tissues
c. cutting dense fascia
d. cutting suture

2. Photo A Answer

c. cutting dense fascia

Photo B

a. grasping vessels
b. securing drapes to skin
c. securing tubing to drapes
d. drapes retracting tissues

2. Photo B Answer

b. securing drapes to skin

3. Which of the following forceps creates the least amount of tissue trauma when holding skin?

a. thumb forceps
b. 2 X 3 tissue (rat tooths) forceps
c. Adson tissue forceps
d. Allis forceps

3. Answer

c. Adson tissue forceps

4. Which of the following is the correct way to hold tissue forceps?

Photo A

Photo B

4. Answer

Photo B

5. a) Which of the following is needle holders are held correctly?

Photo A

Photo B

Photo C

Photo D

5 a. Answer

Photo B

b) What is the name of this hold?

a. modified thenar-eminence grip
b. wide based tripod grip
c. palm grip
d. pencil grip

3. b. Answer

b. wide based tripod grip

6. What is wrong with the way these scissors are being held?

a. the thumb should be inserted through the ring past the first knuckle
b. the index finger should not be placed along the arms of the scissors
c. the ring finger not the middle finger should be inserted through the finger ring
d. the ring and baby finger should be tucked into the palm

6. Answer

c. the ring finger not the middle finger should be inserted through the finger ring

7. Which hold of the scalpel is most appropriate for making a 16 cm incision into the skin on the ventral abdomen of a 3 kg cat?

a. fingertip grip
b. palm grip
c. pencil grip
d. reverse pencil grip

7. Answer

a. fingertip grip

8. Which method is most appropriate to make the incision in question #7?

a. press cutting
b. reverse press cutting
c. slide cutting
d. push cutting

8. Answer

c. slide cutting