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Orthopedic Surgery

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1. The bones of the limbs






2. Used to trim bone






3. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






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






5. Approximation of bone fragments






6. Muscle of the heart






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






8. Ridge of bone






9. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






10. Rounded orfice in a bone






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






12. A cavity within a bone.






13. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






14. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






15. Used to cut through fine bone






16. Caliper - depth gauge






17. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






18. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






19. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






20. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






21. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






22. A projection of a bone






23. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






24. Allows rotation only






25. Length is greater than the width






26. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






27. Used to smooth the surface of bone






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






29. Allows only flexion and extension






30. Removes bone in small bites






31. Skeletal muscle






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






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






34. Sharp - narrow projection






35. Peculiar in shape






36. Classification of a joint






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






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






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






40. Covers each fasiculus






41. Spongy bone






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






43. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






44. Hollow or depressed






45. Small rounded projection






46. Comprised mainly of fat cells






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






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






49. Involuntary






50. Large rounded projection