CLINICAL SKILLS: OSCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE A+ GRADED
Mosquito hemostats curved/straight
Used to clamp small vessels and structures
Kelly hemostat curved/straight
Used to clamp medium sized vessels/structures
Rochester carmalt hemostats curved/straight
Used for clamping large vessels
Mayo-Hegar needle drivers
Used for holding needle to suture or to hold the end of suture while tying knots. NO
scissors.
Olsen-Hegar needle drivers
Used for holding needle to suture or to hold the end of suture while tying knots. WITH
scissors.
Sharp-Blunt operating scissors or suture scissors
Used for cutting suture and drape material
mayo scissors, blunt tip
Used for cutting medium to heavy tissue but can be used to cut suture or drape material
ONLY if sharp-blunts are not available
Metzenbaum scissors
Used for cutting delicate tissue. Is NOT used for cutting suture or drape material.
Longer handle to blade ratio than mayo scissors.
Brown-Adson forceps
Multiple raised teeth, used for grasping tissue.
Adson forceps
Can have flatter teeth or rat teeth for tissue grasping
Army-Navy retractor
Gelpi retractor small or medium
used for retraction to improve visualization
Backhaus towel clamp
used for securing drapes to patients
Bard-Parker blade holder #3/#4
Used to safely handle a scalpel blade
#3 > 10, 11, 12, 15
#4 > 20, 21, 22, 23
Doyen intestinal forceps
Used for clamping across bowel during GI surgery
Allis tissue forceps
Used to grasp onto tissue to manipulate or retract
Littauer suture removal scissors (suture scissors)
used more frequently for suture removal, not in surgery
1. Poll
2. Forehead
3. Face
, 4. Muzzle
5. Nostril
6. Chin groove
7. Cheek
1. Crest
2. Neck
3. Withers
4. Barrel
5. Throat latch
6. Point of the shoulder
7. Arm
8. Elbow
9. Forearm
10. Cannon bone
1. Back
2. Loin
3. Point of the hip
4. Prepuce
5. Flank
6. Heart/Girth
7. Knee
8. Pastern
9. Hoof
10. Fetlock
1. Croup or rump
2. Dock
3. Buttock
4. Quarters
5. Cannon bone
6. Ergot
7. Hoof
Partial coronet
Coronet
Pastern
Fetlock
Partial fetlock
Pastern stripe
Sock
Stocking
High stocking
4 beats
How many beats does a horse at a walk have?
2 beats
How many beats does a horse at a trot have?
3 beats
How many beats does a horse at a canter have?
UPDATE A+ GRADED
Mosquito hemostats curved/straight
Used to clamp small vessels and structures
Kelly hemostat curved/straight
Used to clamp medium sized vessels/structures
Rochester carmalt hemostats curved/straight
Used for clamping large vessels
Mayo-Hegar needle drivers
Used for holding needle to suture or to hold the end of suture while tying knots. NO
scissors.
Olsen-Hegar needle drivers
Used for holding needle to suture or to hold the end of suture while tying knots. WITH
scissors.
Sharp-Blunt operating scissors or suture scissors
Used for cutting suture and drape material
mayo scissors, blunt tip
Used for cutting medium to heavy tissue but can be used to cut suture or drape material
ONLY if sharp-blunts are not available
Metzenbaum scissors
Used for cutting delicate tissue. Is NOT used for cutting suture or drape material.
Longer handle to blade ratio than mayo scissors.
Brown-Adson forceps
Multiple raised teeth, used for grasping tissue.
Adson forceps
Can have flatter teeth or rat teeth for tissue grasping
Army-Navy retractor
Gelpi retractor small or medium
used for retraction to improve visualization
Backhaus towel clamp
used for securing drapes to patients
Bard-Parker blade holder #3/#4
Used to safely handle a scalpel blade
#3 > 10, 11, 12, 15
#4 > 20, 21, 22, 23
Doyen intestinal forceps
Used for clamping across bowel during GI surgery
Allis tissue forceps
Used to grasp onto tissue to manipulate or retract
Littauer suture removal scissors (suture scissors)
used more frequently for suture removal, not in surgery
1. Poll
2. Forehead
3. Face
, 4. Muzzle
5. Nostril
6. Chin groove
7. Cheek
1. Crest
2. Neck
3. Withers
4. Barrel
5. Throat latch
6. Point of the shoulder
7. Arm
8. Elbow
9. Forearm
10. Cannon bone
1. Back
2. Loin
3. Point of the hip
4. Prepuce
5. Flank
6. Heart/Girth
7. Knee
8. Pastern
9. Hoof
10. Fetlock
1. Croup or rump
2. Dock
3. Buttock
4. Quarters
5. Cannon bone
6. Ergot
7. Hoof
Partial coronet
Coronet
Pastern
Fetlock
Partial fetlock
Pastern stripe
Sock
Stocking
High stocking
4 beats
How many beats does a horse at a walk have?
2 beats
How many beats does a horse at a trot have?
3 beats
How many beats does a horse at a canter have?
