AST Surgical Technologist Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
Teeth - ✅✅located in the sockets of the alveolar processes of the mandible
and maxillae
Bronchoscopy - ✅✅Clean-Contaminated; Bronchoscope is inserted through the
mouth and into the bronchial tubes
How to transport the patient using the elevator - ✅✅Patient should be placed
in the elevator entering head first and exit feet first
Hyperkalemia - ✅✅excessive potassium in the blood
Curved Mayo scissors are used to cut - ✅✅Tough tissue such as fascia,
tendons, and muscle
Cardia - ✅✅The portion of the stomach that surrounds the superior opening of
the stomach
Islets of Langerhans - ✅✅Secretes glucagon, insulin, somatostatin and
pancreatic polypeptide
Patient should be identified by - ✅✅Name, DOB, and physician on their ID
bracelet
, Spirilli - ✅✅spiral shaped bacteria
Binocular microscope - ✅✅Used during an examination of the vagina called
colposcopy
Colpo - ✅✅Vagina
Appendix is attached to the - ✅✅cecum
U-drape is a type of - ✅✅nonfenestrated split sheet
Argon laser - ✅✅Used because the beam travels through clear tissues without
heating it
Hallux vagus - ✅✅Medical term for bunion
Another name for lower oblique incision is - ✅✅inguinal incision
Mesentery binds - ✅✅small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall
Methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) - ✅✅A steroid used topically to
diminish inflammation after ophthalmic surgery
human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - ✅✅Blood or urine sample should be
given preoperatively by a premenopausal women
Questions and Answers
Teeth - ✅✅located in the sockets of the alveolar processes of the mandible
and maxillae
Bronchoscopy - ✅✅Clean-Contaminated; Bronchoscope is inserted through the
mouth and into the bronchial tubes
How to transport the patient using the elevator - ✅✅Patient should be placed
in the elevator entering head first and exit feet first
Hyperkalemia - ✅✅excessive potassium in the blood
Curved Mayo scissors are used to cut - ✅✅Tough tissue such as fascia,
tendons, and muscle
Cardia - ✅✅The portion of the stomach that surrounds the superior opening of
the stomach
Islets of Langerhans - ✅✅Secretes glucagon, insulin, somatostatin and
pancreatic polypeptide
Patient should be identified by - ✅✅Name, DOB, and physician on their ID
bracelet
, Spirilli - ✅✅spiral shaped bacteria
Binocular microscope - ✅✅Used during an examination of the vagina called
colposcopy
Colpo - ✅✅Vagina
Appendix is attached to the - ✅✅cecum
U-drape is a type of - ✅✅nonfenestrated split sheet
Argon laser - ✅✅Used because the beam travels through clear tissues without
heating it
Hallux vagus - ✅✅Medical term for bunion
Another name for lower oblique incision is - ✅✅inguinal incision
Mesentery binds - ✅✅small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall
Methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) - ✅✅A steroid used topically to
diminish inflammation after ophthalmic surgery
human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - ✅✅Blood or urine sample should be
given preoperatively by a premenopausal women
