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Orthopedic Surgery

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1. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






2. Muscle of the heart






3. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






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






5. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






6. Used to trim bone






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






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






9. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






10. Large rounded projection






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






12. Used to cut through fine bone






13. Classification of a joint






14. Hollow or depressed






15. Peculiar in shape






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






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






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






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






20. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






21. Removes bone in small bites






22. Sharp - narrow projection






23. Allows only flexion and extension






24. Skeletal muscle






25. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






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






27. Approximation of bone fragments






28. A cavity within a bone.






29. Allows rotation only






30. Ridge of bone






31. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






32. Small rounded projection






33. A projection of a bone






34. Involuntary






35. Caliper - depth gauge






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






37. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






38. Length is greater than the width






39. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






40. Comprised mainly of fat cells






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






42. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






43. The bones of the limbs






44. Used to smooth the surface of bone






45. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






46. Spongy bone






47. Covers each fasiculus






48. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






49. Rounded orfice in a bone






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