Background and History
A plane that divides the body into left and right sections.
What is the sagittal plane?
A cup placed in the socket part of the hip joint.
What is an acetabular cup?
Inflammation, Repair, Remodeling
What are the stages of fracture healing?
Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Spine disk damage
What are disorders that require a spine implant?
CoCr alloys, stainless steels, titanium alloys, UHMWPE
What are material used in orthopedic implants?
A plane that divides the body into superior and inferior halves.
What is the transverse plane?
LCL, ACL, MLC, PCL
What are the four ligaments that stabilize the knee?
Screws used for trabecular bone fixation.
What are cannulated screws?
6
How many degrees of freedom does the spine have?
A controversial material caused Acroflex spinal disk implants to fail.
What is silicone/rubber?
The glass hip socket was introduced in this year.
What was 1923?
DAILY DOUBLE!! 60%-80% water, 10%-20% type II collagen, 4%-7% proteoglycans
What is the composition of articular cartilage?
A fracture associated with bending stresses.
What is a butterfly fracture?
The pedicle
What is the strongest point of the spine?
Scarring, implant loosening, and inflammation
What happened to the tissue when mineral oil caused Sultzer shells to not integrate?
Positioned away from the center of the body.
What is distal?
The largest synovial joint in the body
What is the knee?
A bone that breaks into many small pieces.
What is a comminuted fracture?
The nucleus pulposus
What is the structure that provides the support the spine needs to stand up straight?
Daily Double!! Bone formation via cartilage mineralization.
What is ossification?
A German surgeon who used ivory for hip replacement surgeries.
Who is Thomas Gluck?
Acetabular liners are generally made from this material to decrease friction of the hip joint during articulation.
What is UHMWPE?
Resorption of this occurs during the inflammatory phase.
What is necrotic tissue?
Flexion-extension, lateral flexion, and axial rotation
What are the degrees of freedom of the spine?
A material specifically vulnerable to metallic deposits according to a case study
What is UHMWPE?