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General Surgical Instruments
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1. Four claws that may be blunt or sharp. handle is tear drop shape with two prongs on each side

2. Fine tips have two small teeth on one side and one small tooth in the other side that fit together when closed

3. Hand held - smooth - flat metal strip with rounded ends

4. Curved or straight with multiple interlocking fine teeth at the tip reduce injury to the tissue

5. Smooth round jaws that extend to sharp - inward-curved prongs

6. Used to retract the scapula to expose the ribs during thoracic entry and closure.

7. Used to clamp -dissect - occlude tissue - 75 degree angle clamp w/ horizontal serrations that run the length of the jaws

8. An atraumatic tissue forceps with an elongated - narrowed blunt tip. A set of parallel fine serrations

9. Self retaining. Two hinged arms extended from the shank to three outward-curved prongs on one side and four on the other - sharp or dull

10. Heavy scissors w/ straight blades - used to cut suture

11. Can be curved or straight and has two round tips with horizontal serrations

12. Rounded tip with starburst pattern serrations

13. A hollow tube with a grip handle and a slightly bent shaft that terminates with a bulbous tip and a large opening.

14. Holds blades 20 -21 -22 - 23 - 24 and 25 - Commonly use with the #20 blade to create a larger and.or deeper incision in heavy tissue areas

15. Long - thinner scissors with curved or straight blades that can have blunt or sharp tips - Used to cut tissue only and never anything else

16. Has a broader jaw that is rounded at the tip with crisscross on the inner jaw

17. On each side if the tip there are two rows of multiple teeth that interlock when closed

18. Retracts tissue or bone in tight - small areas.

19. Holds blades 10 - 11 - 12 and 15 - Used to make skin incisions or whenever a fine precision cut is necessary

20. Solid stainless steel hammer-like instrument. involve with bone work

21. Dissects or separates hard tissue

22. Holds blades 10 - 11 - 12 and 15 - Used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or a deep wound

23. Self retaining with ratchet/release device on the shanks which holds them open in the wound. Tip has 3 outward curved prongs on one side and 4 on the other side. sharp or dull

24. Jaws have horizontal serrations and two to one large interlocking teeth at the tip

25. A ratcheted instrument with curved - sharp - tinelike jaws

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