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Orthopedic Surgery

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






2. Peculiar in shape






3. Ridge of bone






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






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






6. Classification of a joint






7. Spongy bone






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






9. Rounded orfice in a bone






10. Sharp - narrow projection






11. A projection of a bone






12. Small rounded projection






13. Used to cut through fine bone






14. Hollow or depressed






15. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






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






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






18. Removes bone in small bites






19. Length is greater than the width






20. Large rounded projection






21. Covers each fasiculus






22. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






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






24. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






25. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






26. Involuntary






27. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






28. Allows rotation only






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






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






31. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






32. Comprised mainly of fat cells






33. Allows only flexion and extension






34. A cavity within a bone.






35. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






36. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






37. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






38. Caliper - depth gauge






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






40. The bones of the limbs






41. Used to trim bone






42. Used to smooth the surface of bone






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






44. Skeletal muscle






45. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






46. Muscle of the heart






47. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






48. Approximation of bone fragments






49. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






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