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Orthopedic Surgery

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






2. Hemorrhage - edema - soft tissue injury






3. Allows the greatest freedom of movement






4. Skeletal muscle






5. A projection of a bone






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






7. Small rounded projection






8. Ridge of bone






9. A cavity within a bone.






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






11. Spongy bone






12. Used to smooth the surface of bone






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






14. Occurs between the carpus and the metacarpal






15. Sharp - narrow projection






16. Used to cut through fine bone






17. Classification of a joint






18. Large rounded projection






19. Knuckle shaped portion of a bone






20. Peculiar in shape






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






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






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






24. Caliper - depth gauge






25. Used to trim bone






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






27. Approximation of bone fragments






28. Involuntary






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






30. Spanned across the surface of two large bone fragments






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






32. Allows only flexion and extension






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






34. Rounded orfice in a bone






35. Comprised mainly of fat cells






36. The bones of the limbs






37. Hollow or depressed






38. Ossesous tissue of the hands and the feet






39. Fine membrane that lines all compact bone cavities






40. Used to form a hollow area in the bone






41. Length is greater than the width






42. Removes bone in small bites






43. Placed across fracture ends of small bones






44. Dimensions are approximatly equal all around






45. Very dense tissue with few open spaces






46. Muscle of the heart






47. Allows rotation only






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






49. Covers each fasiculus






50. Inserted across 2 small bone fragments