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Orthopedic Surgery

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






2. A projection of a bone






3. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






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






5. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






6. Used to smooth the surface of bone






7. Small rounded projection






8. Sharp - narrow projection






9. Comprised mainly of fat cells






10. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






11. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






12. Muscle of the heart






13. Allows only flexion and extension






14. Length is greater than the width






15. Hollow or depressed






16. Peculiar in shape






17. Classification of a joint






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






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






20. Approximation of bone fragments






21. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






22. Used to trim bone






23. Ridge of bone






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






25. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






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






27. Removes bone in small bites






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






29. Large rounded projection






30. Allows rotation only






31. Spongy bone






32. A cavity within a bone.






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






34. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






35. Involuntary






36. Skeletal muscle






37. Covers each fasiculus






38. The bones of the limbs






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






40. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






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






42. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






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






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






45. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






46. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






47. Used to cut through fine bone






48. Caliper - depth gauge






49. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






50. Rounded orfice in a bone