Bones

Question 1

What is a craniectomy?

Answer 1

The surgical removal of a portion of the skull (crani means skull, and -ectomy means surgical removal). This procedure is preformed to treat craniostenosis or to relieve increased intracranial pressure due to swelling of the brain.

Question 2

The term intracranial pressure describes

Answer 2

The amount of pressure inside the skull.

Question 3

What is a craniotomy?

Answer 3

A surgical incision or opening into the skull (crani means skull, and -otomy means surgical incision). This procedure is performed to gain access to the brain to remove a tumor/ to relieve intracranial pressure, or to obtain access for other surgical procedures.

Question 4

What is a cranioplasty?

Answer 4

The surgical repair of the skull (crani/o means skull and -plasty means surgical repair).

Question 5

What is osteoclasis?

Answer 5

The surgical fracture of a bone to correct deformity. (Oste/o means bone, and -class means to break).

Question 6

What is an ostectomy?

Answer 6

The surgical removal of bone (ost means bone, -ectomy means surgical removal).

Question 7

What is osteorrhaphy?

Answer 7

The surgical suturing, or wiring together, of bones (oste/o means bone, and -rrhaphy means surgical suturing).

Question 8

What is osteotomy?

Answer 8

Osteotomy is the surgical cutting of a bone (oste means bone, and -otomy means a surgical incision). This may include removing part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through a bone.

Question 9

What is a periosteotomy?

Answer 9

Is an incision through the periosteum to the bone (peri- means surrounding, oste means bone, and -otomy means surgical incision).