Chapter 4 (Procedures for Bones)

Question 1

carpectomy

Answer 1

removal of all of part of the wrist

Question 2

costectomy

Answer 2

removal of a rib

Question 3

craniectomy

Answer 3

removal of a portion of the skull

Question 4

craniotomy

Answer 4

removal of a portion of the skull (the removal bone is replaced after surgery)

Question 5

external fixation

Answer 5

the fixation of a fractured bone from the outside (using casts, splints, stabilizers)

Question 6

internal fixation

Answer 6

the fixation of a fractured bone from the inside (using screws, pins, plates)

Question 7

close reduction

Answer 7

returning bones to their proper position through the use of surgery

Question 8

open reduction

Answer 8

returning bones to their proper position through the use of surgery

Question 9

metacarpectomy

Answer 9

removal of a bone in the hand

Question 10

ostectomy

Answer 10

removal of a bone

Question 11

osteectomy

Answer 11

removal of a bone

Question 12

osteoclasia

Answer 12

the surgical breaking of a bone (often done to remedy a deformity)

Question 13

osteoplasty

Answer 13

reconstruction of a bone

Question 14

osteotomy

Answer 14

incision into a bone

Question 15

spondylosyndesis

Answer 15

fusing together of multiple vertebrae

Question 16

sternotomy

Answer 16

incision into the sternum

Question 17

tarsectomy

Answer 17

removal of all or a portion of the ankle

Question 18

tarsoclasia

Answer 18

surgical fracture of the ankle