Surgical Instruments Quiz, with Pictures
Five instrument questions with photographs, free, new every day. Then every way to quiz yourself on surgical instruments, on the site and in the app.
Five instruments. How many do you know?
Pick an answer and you see straight away if you're right, and why. Everyone gets the same five today.
Which instrument is this?
Right.
Not quite. The answer is A.
This is the Seiler Turbinate Scissor. Medium-heavy scissors angled to the side, with long blades and blunt tips. Ring handles.
See the Seiler Turbinate Scissor cardWhich instrument does this describe?
Right.
Not quite. The answer is A.
This is the Anterior Glenoid Neck Retractor. A flat, one-piece steel retractor with a wide hand grip in the middle. One end is bent and ends in two sharp prongs; the other end is a smooth, curved lip.
See the Anterior Glenoid Neck Retractor cardWhich instrument is used for this?
Right.
Not quite. The answer is C.
This is the Allis Adair Forceps. Ring-handled grasping forceps with a ratchet, about 6 to 6½ in long. The straight jaws flare into a wide tip lined with fine 9x10 interlocking teeth, much wider and heavier than a standard Allis.
See the Allis Adair Forceps cardThe Mechanical Rotating Lead Extraction Sheath belongs to which instrument class?
Right.
Not quite. The answer is B.
The Mechanical Rotating Lead Extraction Sheath is filed under Cutting & Dissecting.
See the Mechanical Rotating Lead Extraction Sheath cardWhat is the Laparoscopic DeBakey Forceps used for?
Right.
Not quite. The answer is C.
Laparoscopic DeBakey Forceps: Grasps bowel, vessels and other delicate tissue gently during laparoscopy.
See the Laparoscopic DeBakey Forceps cardof 5 today.
Want more? Keep going in the app: free to download, on the same account as the site.
A new five at midnight.
Every way the questions come.
Knowing an instrument isn't one skill. You have to recognise it, name it, know what it's for and know which case it's on, so the questions come at it from every side. These are all of them:
Identify by photograph Free
A photograph of one instrument. Which is it?
Pick the photograph Free
A name. Which of the photographs is it?
Identify by description Free
What it looks like, in words. Name it.
Which instrument for this use Free
What the surgeon needs done. Which instrument does it?
What it is used for Free
An instrument. What is it on the table for?
Also known as Free
The nickname your preceptor uses. What is it on the card?
Instrument class Free
Cutting, clamping, grasping, retracting: which job is it?
Which setup uses it Free
An instrument. Which case is it laid out for?
Caution and safety Pro
Where it can hurt the patient or you, and how to stay ahead of it.
Inspection and testing Pro
What to check before it reaches the field.
Passing technique Pro
How it goes into the surgeon's hand.
The free kinds are the ones today's five above is drawn from. Pro asks all of them, as often as you want, across all 2,800+ instruments in the library.
Three ways to quiz yourself.
Every set of instruments, whether a class, a tray or a whole setup, opens the same three ways:
Flashcards
Flip through at your own pace. Each instrument comes back right before you'd forget it, and the ones you miss come back sooner.
Practice test
Sets of ten, as long as you like, with the right answer and the reason after every question. The look-alikes you mix up come back until you don't.
Timed exam
Against the clock, to find out if you really know it, with a site record to beat for every tray.
Every setup is a set of its own: the instruments for one case, as flashcards, a practice test and a timed exam, so you can learn a case's tray before you scrub it. How setup flashcards work, and printing them.
New to instruments? Start with the 54 basics, the set every surgical tech is expected to know first.
The app takes it further.
The site gives you five a day. The apps keep going: on the bus, in the break room, the night before clinicals, with the same account and the same Pro.
CSTSetup
Everything on the site, in your pocket. One account and one Pro with the site.
250+ case setups
Instruments, positioning and steps for each case.
Every setup is a deck
Flashcards of exactly what's on the tray.
14 question types
Trays, positioning, photographs and more.
Exam prep
Practice tests and timed exams for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA, today's five free.
A plan for every day
A daily lesson counting down to your exam.
Build your own setups
No account needed to start; it syncs when you sign in.
Find any setup fast
Setups and instruments in one search.
Log every case
Your clinical case log, ready for review, even with no signal.
Clock in from the OR
Your clinical hours, counted.
Instruments
Just the instruments, offline, with no signal needed. One account and one Pro with the site.
Five free questions every day
And an instrument of the day to guess.
9 question types
Photo, name, use, safety and more.
Study your way
By class or by specialty.
More than a name Pro
How to check it, clean it and pass it, and where it's kept.
Beat the look-alikes Pro
Side by side until they stick.
Track every instrument Pro
Solid, learning, slipping or not met yet.
Timed exams Pro
Up to 25 questions against the clock.
Turn it in 3D Pro
At every size it comes in.
Free, and what Pro adds.
Freewith an account
- Browse all 2,882 instrument cards: names, photos and what each one is for
- Every General setup in full, photos and walkthrough included
- 5 practice questions a day for your exam
- Build and share your own setups
Everything in free, plusthe part you study with
- All 259 setups across every specialty, with the real photos from the room and the full walkthrough
- The parts of an instrument card that come from years at the table: cautions, inspection, how to pass it, and every operation it is laid out for
- Flashcards on any tray, scheduled so each instrument returns right before you would forget it
- Exam prep for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA: endless practice and full timed exams, written to each exam's outline
- Practice tests built from the live catalogue, with the reason you got it wrong
- Timed exams that tell you whether you really know a tray, and rank you against everyone else studying it
- A daily lesson that grows as your exam date gets closer
Surgical instrument quizzes, answered.
Is this quiz free?
Yes. Today's five are free for everyone, with no account. A free account adds 5 exam questions a day; Pro opens every question, every setup and every instrument.
Is everyone's quiz the same?
Today, yes: everyone gets the same five, so you can compare scores with your class. A new five arrives at midnight.
What's the fastest way to learn surgical instruments?
Little and often, out of order, and from photographs. Learn them by the job they do, then by the case they're laid out for, and quiz yourself until the look-alikes stop catching you.
Which instruments should I learn first?
The basic set that turns up on almost every general case: the clamps, scissors, forceps, retractors and needle holders. The 54 basics, with pictures, names and uses.
Is there a surgical instrument quiz app?
Yes: CSTSetup on the App Store and Google Play, and the Instruments app on Google Play, both free to download and both with the same account as the site. Studying for the certification exam? Exam prep is here.
Keep quizzing in the app.
Free to download, with the same account as the site. Pro opens every instrument, every setup and every question.