Chapter 8: Table of Contents
1) When preparing a male dog for a castration, you should clip the hair in the pre-scrotal region and on the scrotum.
- True
- False
2) Canine castration is performed through what type of incision?
- Ventral midline caudal to the umbilicus.
- Ventral midline in the pre-scrotal region.
- Parapreputial
- Scrotal
3) The “open” castration technique involves
- Leaving the incision unsutured to allow for drainage.
- Transecting the cremaster muscle to further exteriorize the testes.
- Incising the tunica albuginea to visualize the seminiferous tubules.
- Incising the vaginal tunic to visualize the spermatic cord and testicular vessels.
4)The tunica vaginalis must be sutured to prevent scrotal herniation post-operatively.
- True
- False
5) When closing a canine castration, there will be 3 edges of subcutaneous tissue that need to be apposed since there were 2 incisions made in the subcutaneous tissue in order to exteriorize the testes.
- True
- False
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