Procedures: Skeletal System

Question 1

Removal of some or all of a body part

Answer 1

Amputation

Question 2

Fusion of a joint or the spinal vertebrae by surgical means

Answer 2

Arthrodesis
Desis means to bind or surgical fixation of a bone or joint

Question 3

Process of dissolving part of the center of an intervertebral disc by injecting a foreign substance

Answer 3

Chemonucleolysis

Question 4

Surgical incision or opening into the skull

Answer 4

Craniotomy

Question 5

Alignment of bone maintained by immobilizing the bone near the fracture through the use of casts, splints, or external fixators (rods or pins)

Answer 5

External fixation

Question 6

Alignment of bone maintained by immobilizing the bone directly at the fracture site through the use of wires, screws, pins, or plates

Answer 6

Internal fixation

Question 7

Surgical removal of the dorsal arch of a vertebrae

Answer 7

Laminectomy

Question 8

Surgical removal of claw

Answer 8

Onychectomy

Question 9

Surgical removal of bone

Answer 9

Ostectomy

Question 10

Surgical puncture of a bone

Answer 10

Osteocentesis

Question 11

Fusion of bones

Answer 11

Osteodesis

Question 12

Surgical fixation of a bone To the body wall

Answer 12

Osteopexy

Question 13

Surgical repair of bone

Answer 13

Osteoplasty

Question 14

Surgical creation of a permanent new opening in bone

Answer 14

Osteostomy

Question 15

Surgical incision or sectioning of bone

Answer 15

Osteotomy

Question 16

Process of cutting a hole into a bone using a trephine (circular saw like instrument used to remove bone or tissue)

Answer 16

Trephination