Surgical Instruments and Their Uses

Front

Surgical Instruments Overview: Forceps: used to ________________ or ____________________ tissue.

Back

grasp, hold

Front

Surgical Instruments Overview: Scissors: used to ____________________ tissue.

Back

cut

Front

Surgical Instruments Overview: Scalpel/Needle: used to ____________________ or ____________________ tissue.

Back

cut, pierce

Front

Forceps: Used to ____________________ and ____________________ objects.

Back

grasp, hold

Front

Alligator – Used to remove ________________ ________________. Has a ________________ angle and only the ____________________ blade moves.

Back

foreign bodies, right, distal

Front

Allis tissue – Grasps ____________________ and ____________________/dense tissue. Has ________________ teeth.

Back

delicate, fibrous, interlocking

Front

Crile – Occludes bleeding before ____________________. Serrations run ________________ the length.

Back

ligating, along

Front

Kelly – Similar to Crile, but serrations run only ____________________ way up the jaw.

Back

half

Front

Halstead mosquito – Smaller than Crile/Kelly. Serrations run the ________________ length.

Back

entire

Front

Rat-tooth thumb – Grasp tissue; has ____________________ at the tip.

Back

teeth