Exam 24: Neurosurgery

Match each term below with its description. -Cannulated instrument designed to provide passage for distal catheter in V-P or V-A shunt procedures

Match each term below with its description. -Most primitive part of the central nervous system; responsible for basic vital life functions

Osteophytes are:

Which diagnostic study demonstrates a herniated disc causing spinal compression and radiographic filling defect?

Match each term below with its description. -Irrigation and aspiration instrument that uses variable ultrasonic energy to remove tumor tissue without disrupting normal structures

The surgical technologist may have up to three separate setups in a transsphenoidal hypophysectomy procedure: nasal access, tumor excision, and fascial graft.

Papaverine is used in craniotomy for aneurysm clipping to prevent:

From which area is an autologous bone graft usually procured for anterior cervical fusion procedures?

Which of the following bilateral paired nerves are the largest in the body and innervate the buttocks and lower extremities?

Which instrument is used to extract pieces of the nucleus pulposus in a diskectomy?

Which surgical procedure treats compression of the median nerve by a transverse ligament?

What is the name of the group of spinal nerves that continue from the distal spinal cord at about L-2 in the average adult?

In which procedure are the esophagus, carotid artery, and trachea retracted medially for access to the area of pathology?

Which of the following is a result of torn bridging veins between the cerebral cortex and venous sinuses?

What is the name of the structure that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?

Match each term below with its description. -Mechanism of supplying of oxygen to an area of an organ when the normal perfusion has been interrupted; example is circle of Willis

Fiducials placed on bony landmarks are used in which type of neurosurgical procedure?

The circle of Willis is a:

The visual cortex of the brain is located in which region?

What is the name of the structure on which the pituitary gland sits?