Instrument Classification by Usage

Identify instruments used to grasp, hold or occlude.

These include the many types of forceps, including hemostats, dressing and tissue forceps, as well as bone holding forceps. Also included in this group are needle holders.

Retractors

Hemostats

Cannulas

Suture needles

Which scissors are ideal for restricted spaces.

You can make quick, accurate cuts with minimal tissue damage using these sharp blades.

Metzenbaum

SuperCut

McPhersons

Mayo

Common thumb forceps include.

Thumb forceps are spring forceps used by compression between your thumb and forefinger and are used for grasping, holding or manipulating body tissue.

Rochester-Pean forceps

Adson tissue forceps

Allis tissue forceps

Hartman Mosquito forceps

The simplest style of retractor is.

Usually the wire has some spring so that the surgeon can pinch it together, position it and release it.

Wire retractor

Hand retractor

Self-retaining retractor

Malleable retractor

Spring scissors are not designed for what type of surgery.

Scissors are cutting instruments with two blades joined together at a pivot point so that the sharp edges glide against each other to shear material that is between the blades.

Neurosurgical

Ophthalmological

Vascular

Orthopedic

Common ring forceps include.

Kelly hemostats can be used to clamp larger vessels or grasp tissue.

Allis tissue

Reverse forceps

Kelly-Rankin

Rochester-Pean forceps

Hand retractors can be shaped many times according to the task.

These retractors are made from malleable stainless steel, allowing for easy modification of retractor angle and shape.

True

False

Which instrument is not used to cut or incise.

Instruments used for this purpose are frequently referred to as “sharps”. They include scissors, knives, scalpels, chisels and osteotomes, among others.

Osteotomes

Forceps

Scissors

Scalpels

Identify the Army Navy retractor.

Frequently produced with two working ends of different sizes.