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Orthopedic Surgery

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






2. Large rounded projection






3. Removes bone in small bites






4. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






5. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






6. Approximation of bone fragments






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






8. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






9. Classification of a joint






10. Involuntary






11. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






12. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






13. Ridge of bone






14. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






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






16. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






17. Allows only flexion and extension






18. A cavity within a bone.






19. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






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






21. Covers each fasiculus






22. Hollow or depressed






23. Peculiar in shape






24. Skeletal muscle






25. Rounded orfice in a bone






26. Caliper - depth gauge






27. Sharp - narrow projection






28. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






29. Muscle of the heart






30. Used to smooth the surface of bone






31. Used to trim bone






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






33. Length is greater than the width






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






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






36. Comprised mainly of fat cells






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






38. The bones of the limbs






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






40. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






41. A projection of a bone






42. Allows rotation only






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






44. Spongy bone






45. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






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






47. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






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






49. Small rounded projection






50. Used to cut through fine bone