CST exam study guide. Comprehensive
masterpiece. Rated A
_____ demonstrates that a surgical technologist from an accredited program has achieved a minimum
peeve of knowledge and skills. - ✔✔Certification is a demons
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CST exam study guide. Comprehensive
masterpiece. Rated A
_____ demonstrates that a surgical technologist from an accredited program has achieved a minimum
peeve of knowledge and skills. - ✔✔Certification is a demonstration of competency to a particular
standard, usually set by the professional organization
3 major jobs - ✔✔Scrub surgical technologist
Circulating surgical technologist
Second assisting technologist
3-0 and 4-0 suture on a semicircular taper needle are used on - ✔✔Intestinal tissues
3-0 or 2-0 continuous synthetic absorbable suture and 3-0 or 4-0 nonabsorbable suture with curved or
straight intestinal needles maybe used for the - ✔✔Seromuscular layer
4 parts of the (duodenum) - ✔✔Descending, transverse, ascending, superior
6 basic functions - ✔✔Ingestion, secretion, mixing, propulsion, digestion, absorption, defecation
Abdominal wall tissue layers - ✔✔Skin, subcutaneous fat, fasia, muscle, (intestinal and external oblique
rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis), preperitoneal fat, peritoneum
ACLs - ✔✔Advanced cardiac life support
Adhesions - ✔✔Caused by a defect in the process of normal tissue healing, prompted by tissue injury,
inflammation, infection, or ischemia
ADL's - ✔✔Activities of daily living
Ambient room temperature - ✔✔(Between 20c [68f] and 26c [78f])
Ampulla - ✔✔Houstons valves
ARD - ✔✔Adhesion- related disorder
Arm boards - ✔✔90 degree angle
association of surgical technologist (AST) was started in - ✔✔1969
Battery power of the capsule lasted 8 hours passed naturally within - ✔✔24-72 hours
Bowel wall - ✔✔Inspected for abnormalities such as bleeding, polyps, inflammation, ulcercolonoscpoe
CBC - ✔✔Complete blood count
Cecum - ✔✔1.25cm (1/2 inch)
Certification differs from licensure in that certification - ✔✔Is not currently mandatory to practice in all
50 states..
Licensure is a process in which the state government issues registration and the right to practice.
Certification is not mandatory.
Certification for the surgical technologist is ________. - ✔✔Certification is voluntary and is not required
for practice in a profession
Chevron incision - ✔✔(Joined right and left subcostal incisions) provides excellent exposure for gastric,
duodenal, pancreatic, and portal system procedures
Circular mucosal folds referred as - ✔✔Plicae circulates of Kerckring or valulae connivents, provide
greater mucosal surface area
Circulating surgical technologist - ✔✔Retrieving, additional supplies, equipment, or instruments
Working outside sterile field
Colon - ✔✔1.5 meters
Colonoscopy - ✔✔Endoscopic examination of the colon from the rectum to the ileocecal valve
Combined the small and large intestinal mucosa is estimated - ✔✔200 square meters
Common GI endoscopy procedures - ✔✔Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) (also referred to as
gastroscopy or upper endoscopy), small bowel endoscopy ( also referred to as push endoscopy or
double- balloon enteroscopy), colonoscopy (also referred to as lower endoscopy), and sigmoidoscopy
(also referred to as a "flex sig")
Concave or upper margin is the - ✔✔Lesser curvature
Convex or lower margin of the stomach is known as - ✔✔Greater curvature
CST - ✔✔Certified surgical technologist
CT - ✔✔Computed tomography
Diameter of the colon - ✔✔9cm (3 1/2 inches)
Endoscopic procedures - ✔✔Permit direct or video visual inspection of the contents and walls of the
esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and colon
EUS - ✔✔Endoscopic ultrasound
Extracorporeal - ✔✔Outside body intracorporeal- inside body
First generation of laparoscopic surgery - ✔✔Began in the early 1970s in the GYN specialty it was used
primarily for diagnostic direct visualization of endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy and uterine fibroids,
later laparoscopic tubal ligation with electrosurgery
Flexible scope - ✔✔Semi critical patient care devices that must undergo high-level disinfection before
each use
FNA - ✔✔Fine needle aspiration
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