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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. Skeletal muscle






3. Used to smooth the surface of bone






4. Large rounded projection






5. Hollow or depressed






6. Small rounded projection






7. A projection of a bone






8. Rounded orfice in a bone






9. Sharp - narrow projection






10. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






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






12. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






13. Approximation of bone fragments






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






15. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






16. Covers each fasiculus






17. Ridge of bone






18. A cavity within a bone.






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






20. Classification of a joint






21. The bones of the limbs






22. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






23. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






24. Peculiar in shape






25. Spongy bone






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






27. Allows only flexion and extension






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






29. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






30. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






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






32. Caliper - depth gauge






33. Muscle of the heart






34. Allows rotation only






35. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






36. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






37. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






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






39. Involuntary






40. Comprised mainly of fat cells






41. Length is greater than the width






42. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






43. Used to trim bone






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






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






46. Used to cut through fine bone






47. Removes bone in small bites






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






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






50. Placed across fracture ends of small bones