Question

the medical term for surgical incision or sectioning of bone is ______.
○ a. osteotomy
○ b. trephination
○ c. osteostomy
○ d. osteodesis

Explanation:

• Option a: Osteotomy refers to the surgical cutting of bone, which matches the description of surgical incision or sectioning of bone.
• Option b: Trephination is the surgical procedure of drilling or cutting a hole in the skull, not related to general bone incision.
• Option c: Osteostomy is not the correct term for bone incision (it may be a misspelling or incorrect term in this context).
• Option d: Osteodesis refers to the surgical fixation of bone, not incision.

Answer:

a. osteotomy