MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBGeneral Surgery.
Know your instruments.
Your visual practical companion. Explore anatomy and instruments up close, understand key structures and practise your viva with confidence.
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56 instruments in this collection · Select a card to begin.
Artery forceps / haemostat
Temporarily clamps a bleeding vessel so haemostasis can be secured.
Identify · Understand · Practise 01 / 3 viva questions
Halsted mosquito forceps
Grasps small vessels for haemostasis in a confined field.
Identify · Understand · Practise 02 / 2 viva questions
Kelly artery forceps
Clamps vessels and provides a secure temporary grip during haemostasis.
Identify · Understand · Practise 03 / 2 viva questions
Kocher forceps
Provides a firm grip on tough tissue such as fascia; toothed patterns may also be used for haemostasis where appropriate.
Identify · Understand · Practise 04 / 2 viva questions
Allis tissue forceps
Grasps firm tissue, particularly fascia or tissue intended for excision, with the conventional toothed pattern.
Identify · Understand · Practise 05 / 2 viva questions
Babcock tissue forceps
Gently holds delicate tubular tissue such as bowel during exposure and manipulation.
Identify · Understand · Practise 06 / 2 viva questions
Rampley sponge-holding forceps
Holds a swab for skin preparation or mopping the operative field.
Identify · Understand · Practise 07 / 2 viva questions
Backhaus towel clip
Secures surgical towels or drapes with its perforating points.
Identify · Understand · Practise 08 / 2 viva questions
Toothed dissecting forceps
Holds skin or firm tissue during dissection and wound closure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 09 / 2 viva questions
Plain dissecting forceps
Manipulates dressings or tissue where a non-toothed grip is appropriate.
Identify · Understand · Practise 10 / 2 viva questions
Adson forceps
Handles tissue during precise work such as skin closure; the chosen tip pattern determines the appropriate tissue.
Identify · Understand · Practise 11 / 2 viva questions
DeBakey tissue forceps
Manipulates delicate tissues and vessels with a grip designed to reduce crushing injury.
Identify · Understand · Practise 12 / 2 viva questions
Bard-Parker scalpel & handles
Makes a controlled incision through tissue with a sharp blade.
Identify · Understand · Practise 13 / 3 viva questions
Mayo scissors
Cuts or dissects relatively tough tissue such as fascia; straight patterns are also used for sutures according to local practice.
Identify · Understand · Practise 14 / 2 viva questions
Metzenbaum scissors
Dissects and cuts fine soft tissue.
Identify · Understand · Practise 15 / 2 viva questions
Stitch-removal scissors
Cuts sutures during stitch removal with the appropriate technique.
Identify · Understand · Practise 16 / 2 viva questions
Mayo-Hegar needle holder
Holds and controls a surgical needle during suturing.
Identify · Understand · Practise 17 / 3 viva questions
Langenbeck retractor
Retracts a wound edge to improve exposure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 18 / 2 viva questions
Doyen abdominal retractor
Retracts abdominal tissues to improve the operative view.
Identify · Understand · Practise 19 / 2 viva questions
Deaver retractor
Holds back abdominal wall or organs to expose a deeper operative field.
Identify · Understand · Practise 20 / 2 viva questions
Weitlaner retractor
Maintains separation of wound edges without continuous hand-held traction.
Identify · Understand · Practise 21 / 2 viva questions
Balfour retractor
Provides sustained exposure during open abdominal surgery.
Identify · Understand · Practise 22 / 2 viva questions
Volkmann retractor
Retracts superficial soft tissue using a selected prong pattern.
Identify · Understand · Practise 23 / 2 viva questions
Senn / Senn-Miller retractor
Provides superficial exposure in smaller wounds using either working end.
Identify · Understand · Practise 24 / 2 viva questions
Right-angle / Mixter-pattern forceps
Assists dissection and passage of a ligature around an isolated structure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 25 / 2 viva questions
Yankauer suction tip
Removes fluid from the field to improve visibility.
Identify · Understand · Practise 26 / 2 viva questions
Frazier suction tube
Provides focused suction in a small or deep operative field.
Identify · Understand · Practise 27 / 2 viva questions
Surgical suture needles
Carries suture through tissue; needle selection depends on the tissue and closure task.
Identify · Understand · Practise 28 / 2 viva questions
Crile artery forceps
Temporarily clamps vessels during haemostasis.
Identify · Understand · Practise 29 / 2 viva questions
Spencer Wells artery forceps
Temporarily grasps vessels to assist haemostasis before definitive control.
Identify · Understand · Practise 30 / 2 viva questions
Rochester-Pean forceps
Clamps larger vessels or tissue pedicles where a robust haemostatic grip is appropriate.
Identify · Understand · Practise 31 / 2 viva questions
Rochester-Carmalt forceps
Provides a firm haemostatic grip on substantial tissue pedicles.
Identify · Understand · Practise 32 / 2 viva questions
DeBakey bulldog vascular clamp
Temporarily occludes a vessel using a compact vascular clamp.
Identify · Understand · Practise 33 / 2 viva questions
Duval tissue-grasping forceps
Grasps tissue with a broad fenestrated contact surface; the precise indication depends on the Duval pattern.
Identify · Understand · Practise 34 / 2 viva questions
Lane dissecting forceps
Grasps firm tissue during dissection when a secure toothed grip is appropriate.
Identify · Understand · Practise 35 / 2 viva questions
Littlewood tissue forceps
Provides a firm hold on tough tissue such as fascia.
Identify · Understand · Practise 36 / 2 viva questions
Mayo-Russian tissue forceps
Holds dense or slippery tissue during dissection and closure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 37 / 2 viva questions
Lahey goitre-grasping forceps
Grasps thyroid tissue to assist traction in the appropriate operative setting.
Identify · Understand · Practise 38 / 2 viva questions
Cheatle sterilising forceps
Transfers suitable instruments or materials using the institution's sterile handling process.
Identify · Understand · Practise 39 / 2 viva questions
Lister sinus forceps
Explores or handles tissue or material in a narrow tract under appropriate supervision.
Identify · Understand · Practise 40 / 2 viva questions
Doyen intestinal clamp
Temporarily occludes bowel using a dedicated non-crushing intestinal clamp pattern.
Identify · Understand · Practise 41 / 2 viva questions
Payr intestinal clamp
Applies a crushing grip to bowel in selected resection procedures.
Identify · Understand · Practise 42 / 2 viva questions
Farabeuf retractor
Retracts superficial wound edges for exposure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 43 / 2 viva questions
Morris retractor
Retracts deeper wound edges or abdominal wall to improve exposure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 44 / 2 viva questions
Richardson retractor
Holds back wound edges or deeper soft tissue for exposure.
Identify · Understand · Practise 45 / 2 viva questions
Gelpi self-retaining retractor
Maintains separation of the edges of a small operative wound.
Identify · Understand · Practise 46 / 2 viva questions
Gillies skin hook
Provides localised traction on skin or superficial soft tissue.
Identify · Understand · Practise 47 / 2 viva questions
Iris scissors
Performs fine soft-tissue cutting where a small precise scissors is appropriate.
Identify · Understand · Practise 48 / 2 viva questions
Lister bandage scissors
Cuts dressings and bandages with the broad lower foot helping shield underlying skin.
Identify · Understand · Practise 49 / 2 viva questions
Stevens tenotomy scissors
Provides fine controlled cutting or dissection of delicate soft tissue.
Identify · Understand · Practise 50 / 2 viva questions
Poole suction tube
Aspirates larger volumes of fluid while the guard distributes suction openings.
Identify · Understand · Practise 51 / 2 viva questions
Brodie grooved director
Guides an appropriate instrument along its groove and assists controlled exploration in selected procedures.
Identify · Understand · Practise 52 / 2 viva questions
Surgical probe
Gently examines the direction or extent of an accessible tract where clinically indicated.
Identify · Understand · Practise 53 / 2 viva questions
Universal trocar
Provides penetrating access for selected cavity procedures using the appropriate device and trained supervision.
Identify · Understand · Practise 54 / 2 viva questions
Malleable ribbon retractor
Protects or retracts underlying organs with a contour adjusted to the operative field.
Identify · Understand · Practise 55 / 2 viva questions
Army-Navy retractor
Retracts superficial tissues using the blade depth suited to the wound.
Identify · Understand · Practise 56 / 2 viva questionsThis is a core undergraduate collection, not every specialist surgical instrument. Viva questions are revision prompts, not a prediction of your university examination.