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During a cholecystectomy, what two structures are identified and ligated?

The next part of the exam contains the short-answer questions. You can answer them in paragraph/sentence form, or you can use bullet points/numbered lists. Please try to write at least 3-5 sentences for your short answer responses. Many of the questions have multiple parts, so please read them carefully and make sure you answer all parts of the questions.   For the first question, (1) list any three of the ten early warning signs/symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Then, (2) choose one of these symptoms and describe how this symptom is different from a typical age-related change that a person can experience.  

Benign tumors that grow on a stalk and can be found on mucous membranes are called _____.

Excision of the concha for improved ventilation is called _____.

When packaging instruments for sterilization instruments should be _____.

Wounds with extensive tissue trauma generally heal by _____.

The proper attire in a semirestricted area in the operating room suite is _____.

A tough, resistant “shell form” of some gram-positive bacilli which is extremely resistant to destruction and toward which all sterilization methods are aimed is a/an _____.

Muscles are attached to bones by _____.

Anticholinergic medications such as atropine or glycopyrrolate (Robinul) are given preoperatively to _____.