CCBMA Clinical Practice Exam

S/s, s/b, and b/b describes surgical ____.

Forceps Scissors Clamps Needle Holders

Correct Answer:

Scissors

Explanation:

These shorthand groupings point to blade geometry and edge style used to describe a surgical cutting instrument. In scissors, you’re concerned with how the blades are shaped (straight versus curved) and how the edges are finished (sharp versus blunt), which is exactly what combinations like S/s, s/b, and b/b are capturing. That emphasis on blade configuration is what distinguishes scissors from other tools, whose identities are defined more by function—grasping, clamping, or needle driving—than by blade shape. So the description aligns with surgical scissors.

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