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Skeleton performs the following functions. - correct answer. 1) Framework 2) Serves as points of attachment for muscles, which in turn move the body. 3) Protects internal organs from injury. 4) Serves as a source of RBC's (red marrow)....
Skeleton performs the following functions. - correct answer. 1) Framework 2) Serves
as points of attachment for muscles, which in turn move the body. 3) Protects internal
organs from injury. 4) Serves as a source of RBC's (red marrow). 5) Stores calcium.
T or F: Bone is connective tissue. - correct answer. True; Bone is a specialized form
of connective tissue.
Osteocytes - correct answer. Bone cells
Cortical bone - correct answer. Compact, hard, dense tissue of bone that surrounds
the marrow cavity. Haversian units are found here.
Cancellous bone - correct answer. Spongy tissue of the inner portion of bone.
Abduction - correct answer. Lateral movement away from the median plane of the
body.
Adduction - correct answer. Movement toward the median plane of the body.
Amputation - correct answer. Removal, usually by surgery, of a limb, part, or organ.
Ankylosis - correct answer. Abnormal stiffness or fixation of a joint.
Arthritis - correct answer. Inflammation of a joint.
Arthrodesis - correct answer. Surgical fixation or immobilization of a joint.
Arthroplasty - correct answer. Plastic surgery to reshape or reconstruct a diseased
joint.
,Arthroscope - correct answer. An endoscope for examining the interior of a joint.
Arthroscopy - correct answer. Direct visualization into a joint through and arthroscope.
Arthrotomy - correct answer. Incision into a joint.
Avulsed - correct answer. A part or a structure forcibly torn away.
Closed fracture - correct answer. Fracture of the bone w/no skin wound.
Closed reduction - correct answer. Bones are placed in their proper position w/o
surgery.
Comminuted fracture - correct answer. Bone is broken or splintered into pieces.
Complete fracture - correct answer. Neither bone fragment is connected to the other;
the break interupts the continuity of bone.
Compound fracture - correct answer. An external wound that leads down to the site of
the fracture or fragments of bone protruding through the skin; open fracture.
Condyle - correct answer. Rounded projection at the end of a bone forming an
articulation.
Diaphysis - correct answer. The shaft or middle part of a long, cylindrical bone.
Endosteum - correct answer. Membrane lining in the medullary cavity of a bone.
Epiphysis - correct answer. A center for ossification at the ends of a long bone.
Fracture - correct answer. A break in a bone.
Greenstick fracture - correct answer. A fracture in which bone is partially bent and
partially broken.
De Quervain's Disease - correct answer. Inflammation of the tendon sheath of the
thumb.
Dupuytren's contracture - correct answer. Abnormal formation of connective tissue of
the palmar fascia causing the ring and little fingers to bend into the palm.
Exostosis - correct answer. Bony growth on the surface of a bone.
External fixation - correct answer. The use of devices, such as pins, in fractured bone
segments to keep them in place.
, Fasciectomy - correct answer. Excision of strips of fascia.
Faciotomy - correct answer. Surgical incision and division of fascia.
Foramen - correct answer. A hole in a bone for the passage of vessels.
Fossa - correct answer. Shallow depression.
Hallux Valgus - correct answer. Displacement of the great toe toward the other toes.
Hammer Toe - correct answer. A toe with dorsal flexion of the first phalanx and planter
flexion of the second and third phalanges.
Impacted - correct answer. A fracture in which the ends of the bones are wedged
together.
Incomplete fracture - correct answer. The line of break does not include the whole
bone; the break is partial and some of the bones are still intact. Also known as a
greenstick FX.
Insertion - correct answer. Movable attachment of the distal end of a muscle; it
produces shape changes or movement when the muscle contracts.
Internal fixation - correct answer. The use of internal wires, screws, or pins applied
directly to bone segments to keep them in place.
Joint cavity - correct answer. Space enclosed by the synovial membrane and articular
cartilages; contains synovial fluid.
Kirschner wire - correct answer. Steel wire placed through a bone in order to apply
traction.
Laminectomy - correct answer. Excision of a vertebral posterior arch.
Luxation - correct answer. Dislocation of a joint; displacement of articular surfaces.
Malunion - correct answer. Growth of the fragments of a fractured bone in a faulty
postition, forming an imperfect union.
Marrow - correct answer. Soft tissue occupying the medullary cavity of many bones.
Medullary cavity - correct answer. The space within the diaphysis of a bone that
contains marrow.
Open reduction - correct answer. Use of surgery to place bones in their position.
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