Surg 104--Chapter 36 (B&K) Flashcards
Ortho patient care is _____.
individualized
Ortho is concerned with the diagnosis, care, and treatment of _____.
musculoskeletal disorders
Ortho is concerned with injury to the body’s system of _____.
bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons
Fusion of a joint.
arthrodesis
Disruption of the blood supply to a bone that causes death and irreversible decay of the osseous tissue.
avascular necrosis
A cast cut into two parts-front and back for removal and reapplication.
bi-valve cast
Adverse physiologic response of the patient to placement of bone cement in the medullary cavity.
bone cement implantation syndrome (BCIS)
Swelling between layers of fascia that causes damage to tissue; toxins cause death of tissue.
compartment syndrome
Used to encase and stabilize a structure; casts are made of plaster or fiberglass.
cast material
Closed reduction of a fracture without opening the skin.
CR
Generating heat.
exothermic
Evacuation of blood from a limb before inflating a tourniquet to create a bloodless field.
exsanguinate
Emergency procedure to release pressure on region of compartment syndrome.
fasciotomy
Specialized clean air delivery to the orthopedic OR; the direction of air flow is carefully calculated to enter and exit the room without generating air-borne particulate.
laminar air flow
Open reduction and internal fixation of a fracture.
ORIF
Basophilic cells that synthesize collagen and glycoprotein to form bone matrix.
osteoblast
Cells in the bone that influence growth and regeneration by breakdown and resorption of existing cellular material.
osteoclast
Bone infection
osteomyelitis
The healing process of a bone.
union
The failure of a bone to align and heal.
nonunion
The human skeleton has _____ separate bones.
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Ortho surgery is concerned primarily with the structures in the _____ and _____, including the _____, _____, and the _____.
upper and lower extremities
shoulder, hip joints, and vertebral column
The human body is divided in the _____ skeleton and the _____ skeleton.
axial
appendicular
The axial skeleton consists of _____ bones that make up the _____, _____, and _____.
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skull, vertebrae, and ribcage
The appendicular skeleton consists of _____ bones that make up the _____.
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limbs
Each upper extremity has _____ bones.
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