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Orthopedic Surgery

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






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






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






4. Covers each fasiculus






5. Comprised mainly of fat cells






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






7. Allows only flexion and extension






8. Removes bone in small bites






9. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






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






11. Allows rotation only






12. Length is greater than the width






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






14. Rounded orfice in a bone






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






16. Ridge of bone






17. Sharp - narrow projection






18. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






19. Small rounded projection






20. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments






21. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






22. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






23. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






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






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






26. Large rounded projection






27. Classification of a joint






28. Spongy bone






29. Approximation of bone fragments






30. Peculiar in shape






31. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






32. Caliper - depth gauge






33. Used to cut through fine bone






34. Hollow or depressed






35. Involuntary






36. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






37. Used to trim bone






38. Muscle of the heart






39. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






40. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






41. The bones of the limbs






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






43. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






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






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






46. Skeletal muscle






47. A cavity within a bone.






48. Used to smooth the surface of bone






49. A projection of a bone






50. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities