Surgical Instruments

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Across
  1. 3. scissors that cut dense tissues
  2. 6. retractors for seperating ribs during thoracotomy
  3. 7. scissors used for suture removal
  4. 10. used to make incisions and hold blades
  5. 13. forceps used to grab bladder or intestines
  6. 14. holds drapes in place to the patient
  7. 15. intestinal forceps to temporarily block lumen of the bowel
  8. 16. places temporary hemostasis on vena cava without causing endothelial damage
Down
  1. 1. hemostats used for ovarian pedicles during spays
  2. 2. forceps used for sterile dressing or sponges
  3. 4. scissors that cuts suture material during surgery
  4. 5. scissors used for blunt dissections
  5. 8. used to hold and manipulate needles and has a blade to cut excess suture
  6. 9. used during spays to retrieve utrine horns
  7. 11. another name for rat-tooth thumb forceps
  8. 12. retractors to expose the abdominal cavity