14. General Surgery |80 Questions| With Correct Answers.

bezoar {Ans: What is the name of a gastric mass of indigestible vegetable fiber and hair that may require surgical excision?}indirect {Ans: What type of hernia results from a failure of the deep internal ring to close during fetal development and allows intestinal protrusion into the scrotum?}rectus abdominus {Ans: An intestinal stoma is created at a point below the costal margin, above the belt line, and at the lateral edge of which muscle?}direct {Ans: What type of hernia protrudes through the transversalis fascia in the area of Hesselbach's triangle?}sterile water {Ans: The surgeon may request which of the following for irrigation to aid in destroying any residual tumor cells after dissection?}cholecystectomy {Ans: The triangle of Calot is an anatomical space bounded by structures in which surgical procedure?}sentinel {Ans: What is the name for the first lymph node in the axillary chain that is frequently biopsied in conjunction with a breast biopsy, lumpectomy, or mastectomy?}modified radical mastectomy {Ans: Great care is taken to identify and preserve the long thoracic and thoracodorsal nerves in which surgical procedure?}- Dysphagia, {Ans: Difficulty swallowing or feeling of food sticking in the esophagus}thyroidectomy {Ans: Tetany is