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Orthopedic Surgery

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






2. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






3. The bones of the limbs






4. Allows only flexion and extension






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






6. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






7. Skeletal muscle






8. Length is greater than the width






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






10. Ridge of bone






11. Allows rotation only






12. Comprised mainly of fat cells






13. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






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






15. Peculiar in shape






16. A projection of a bone






17. Used to trim bone






18. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






19. Rounded orfice in a bone






20. Involuntary






21. Removes bone in small bites






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






23. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






24. A cavity within a bone.






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






26. Sharp - narrow projection






27. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






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






29. Approximation of bone fragments






30. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






31. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






32. Muscle of the heart






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






34. Small rounded projection






35. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






36. Covers each fasiculus






37. Hollow or depressed






38. Classification of a joint






39. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






40. Used to smooth the surface of bone






41. Spongy bone






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






43. Used to cut through fine bone






44. Caliper - depth gauge






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






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






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






48. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






49. Large rounded projection






50. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities