instruments in surgical packs

Question 1

Answer 1

scalpel handles

Question 2

Answer 2

scalpel blades
10,11,12,15 for #3 scalpel handle
20,23 fit a #4 or #8 scalpel handle

Question 3

To shield underlying tissues while making an incision and to help make a straight incision line.

Answer 3

groove director

Question 4

To retrieve the uterine horn from within a small animal.

Answer 4

grooves ovariectomy hook

Question 5

To suture organs and vessels.

Answer 5

Half circle taper point suture needle (ferguson)

Question 6

To suture skin, tendons, and ligaments

Answer 6

Half circle cutting edge suture needle

Question 7

To suture skin, tendons, and ligaments.

Answer 7

Half-curved cutting edge suture needle

Question 8

Cutting-edge needle used to suture skin, tendons, and ligaments.

Answer 8

Keith’s abdominal suture needle

Question 9

Used to suture skin on animals that have had a necropsy. Some veterinarians like to use it to suture large-animal skin after abdominal surgery.

Answer 9

Postmortem needle

Question 10

To apply or remove a Michel wound clip.

Answer 10

Michel wound clip and applying forceps

Question 11

To hold wounds together or to roll out eyelids in cases of entropia.

Answer 11

Michel wound clips

Question 12

To obtain a dermal biopsy.

Answer 12

keyes dermal punch

Question 13

To grasp and hold the tongue atraumatically.

Answer 13

Young tongue seizing forceps

Question 14

To clamp rubber tubing without cutting through it.

Answer 14

presbyterian hospital occluding forceps

Answer 15

Alligator forceps