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Orthopedic Surgery

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1. Comprised mainly of fat cells






2. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






3. Used to smooth the surface of bone






4. Articulating Surfaces are usually curved -allowing one to slide over the other






5. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






6. Used to lift the periosteum from the surface of the bone






7. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






8. Spongy bone






9. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






10. Consists of the articulating bone ends and the connective tissue that surrounds and binds them






11. The bones of the head - neck - and trunk






12. Used to trim bone






13. Tough fibrous tissue that covers bones except at their ends or articular surfaces






14. Used to cut through fine bone






15. Skeletal muscle






16. Removes bone in small bites






17. Used to span the longitudinal axis of the neck of trachanter to stabilize a fracture






18. Involuntary






19. Allows only flexion and extension






20. Used to move soft tissue away from the wound site






21. Caliper - depth gauge






22. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






23. Serve to protect soft body parts or as a attachments for wide muscles






24. Rounded orfice in a bone






25. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






26. Approximation of bone fragments






27. Large rounded projection






28. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






29. Hollow or depressed






30. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






31. Site of red blood cell and white blood cell formation






32. Small rounded projection






33. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






34. Covers each fasiculus






35. The bones of the limbs






36. Muscle of the heart






37. A cavity within a bone.






38. Small - graduated pins that have a spiral cutting edge






39. Driven into predrilled medullary canal to span 2 fracture ends






40. Tough connective tissue that seperates one muscle section from another






41. Ridge of bone






42. Sharp - narrow projection






43. Peculiar in shape






44. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






45. Classification of a joint






46. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






47. A projection of a bone






48. Allows rotation only






49. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






50. Length is greater than the width