Which of the following organisms normally found on the skin can cause wound infection?
A. bacillus botulinum
B. staphylococcus aureus
C. diplococcus pneumoniae
D. Candida albicans correct answers B. staphylococcus aureus
which of the folowing bones make up the pelvic girdle?
1. coccyx
2. acetabulum
3. sacrum
4. os coxae
A. 1, 2, and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 4 only
C. 1, 3, and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 4 only correct answers C. 1, 3, and 4 only
Injury to which of the folowing arteries is commonly seen in the temporal loves, where the skull
is the thinnest and meningeal blood vessels are numerous, and i the usual cause of epideral
hematomas?
A. middle meningeal
B. posterior meningeal
C. temporal
D. cerebral correct answers A. middle meningeal
, Pulling on the wrist to reduce a radius frature incorporates which of the following principles of
surgical assisting?
A. traction-countertraction
B. internal-external rotation
C. extension - flexion
D. supination - pronation correct answers A. traction-countertraction
During a posterolateral approach for an intracapsular hip fracture, which of the following
muscles would be releases along with the short external rotators and capsule from the posterior
aspect of the femur as a single musculocapsular flap?
A. gluteus medius
B. gemelli
C. quadratus femoris
D. piriformis correct answers D. piriformis
Which of the following angled plates is most frequently chosen for a compression hip screw
fixation?
A. 130
B. 135
C. 145
D. 150 correct answers B. 135
When opening the aneurysmal sac during resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA),
which of the following arteries is ligated?
A. lumbar
B. supine mesenteric
C. renal
D. common hepatic correct answers A. lumbar