At the completion of an anastamosis of the intestines, the instruments used on the colon are considered contaminated and are _____.

The inner layer of the wall of the digestive tract is called the _____.

All of the following are parts of the stomach except _____.

Bariatric surgery treats _____.

Muscle-_____ incisions are those that follow the length of the muscle fibers and are not cut manually.

The _____ are sections of the small intestines suspended from the abdominal wall by a sheet of vascular tissue called the mesentery.

The suture on the mucosal layer of an anastamosis would be _____.

When scrubbing a laparotomy, the scrub places the mayo stand over the patient’s _____.

The Roux-en-Y procedure is performed to bypass a large percentage of the stomach and re-establish continuity from the stomach to the _____.

The first scalpel used during a laparotomy is referred to as the _____.