Surgical Instruments and Operating Room Procedures

Flashcards reviewing surgical instruments, their functions, and common operating room procedures.

What instrument is identified by a blunt probe-like tip on the lower blade designed to slide beneath dressings without puncturing skin?

Lister (Bandage) Scissors

Identify this suturing instrument featuring built-in scissor blades located directly behind its gripping jaws.

Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder

Identify this tissue forceps featuring smooth, fenestrated (windowed) triangular loop tips without sharp teeth.

Babcock Forceps

What instrument is shown with inward-curving jaws ending in a row of small, interlocking fine teeth?

Allis Forceps

What suction instrument consists of an inner suction tube enclosed within a removable, multi-perforated outer shield?

Poole Suction

Identify this hemostatic forceps characterized by transverse serrations running along the entire length of its jaws.

Crile Hemostatic Forceps

Identify this dissecting forceps featuring jaws bent at a distinct 90-degree right angle.

Mixter Forceps

What suction instrument features a slender, angled metal tube with a thumb control hole/vent at the handle?

Frazier Suction

Identify this bivalve (two-bladed) self-retaining speculum equipped with a thumb-screw adjustment mechanism.

Cusco Speculum

What heavy grasping instrument is recognized by transverse jaw serrations ending in sharp 1x2 interlocking teeth at the tips?

Kocher (Ochsner) Forceps

What gynecologic instrument is designed as a long, slender metallic probe marked with depth increments and a gently curved tip?

Uterine Sound

Identify this delicate tissue forceps featuring fine, narrow tips with delicate longitudinal parallel ribbing.

DeBakey Tissue Forceps

Identify this clamping instrument featuring curved, sharp needle-like prongs that cross over to pierce drapes.

Backhaus Towel Clamp

What retractor is designed as a flat, smooth, flexible strip of metal that can be manually bent into customized shapes?

Ribbon (Malleable) Retractor

Identify this orthopedic retractor featuring a flat handle and a leaf-shaped blade tapering to a narrow downward-pointed tip.

Hohmann Retractor

What heavy orthopedic instrument features spring-loaded handles and sharp, scoop-like cupped jaws designed to bite away bone?

Bone Rongeur

Identify this dissecting scissor characterized by a long handle-to-blade ratio with thin, light, and delicate blades.

Metzenbaum Scissors

What retractor features a wide, smooth curved blade specially contoured to shield and retract the urinary bladder?

Bladder Blade (Doyen Retractor)

Identify this rigid instrument terminating in a flattened, slightly curved blade tip used to scrape periosteum from bone.

Periosteal Elevator

Identify this small hemostatic forceps featuring fine tips with full transverse jaw serrations designed to clamp tiny vessels.

Mosquito (Halsted) Hemostatic Forceps

Identify this heavy surgical scissor with curved blades used for cutting tough tissue during abdominal and gynecologic procedures.

Mayo Scissors (Curved)

Identify this small, fine-tipped forceps with a broad thumb grip, used to manipulate skin and delicate superficial tissues.

Adson Tissue Forceps

Identify this hemostatic forceps featuring transverse serrations that extend along only the distal half of its jaws.

Kelly Hemostatic Forceps

What double-ended manual retractor features right-angled blades of different lengths on each end for superficial tissue retraction?

Army-Navy Retractor

Identify this handheld retractor featuring a sturdy loop handle and a deep, right-angled blade for abdominal cavity access.

Richardson Retractor

Identify this rigid suction tip with a bulbous head and side openings designed for general suctioning of blood and secretions.

Yankauer Suction

Identify this heavy suturing instrument with cross-hatched serrations and a central groove on its jaws, used without built-in blades.

Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

What orthopedic instrument resembles a wedge-shaped chisel with a bi-beveled edge used to cut or shape bone?

Osteotome

What heavy orthopedic mallet or hammer is used to exert force on chisels and osteotomes during bone cutting?

Surgical Mallet

Identify this gynecologic grasping instrument featuring sharp single- or multi-toothed hook prongs used to stabilize the cervix.

Tenaculum / Vulsellum Forceps

Identify these smooth, double-ended, graduated metallic rods used to progressively open the cervical canal.

Cervical Dilators