Casting & Proper At Home Care. 1  In the case of some wrist fractures, no surgery is necessary and casting is all that is required to reset the bone. 2  Casts are also used after surgery to immobilize the arm while it heals. 3  A cast will usually stay on for six weeks following surgery.
apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra. vertebra - one of the bony segments of the spinal column. appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a bony process.
symphysis. a site or line of union; a type of joint in which the apposed bony surfaces are firmly united by a plate of fibrocartilage. symphysis mentaÂ´lis the line of fusion in the median plane of the mandible that marks the union of the two halves of the mandible. pubic symphysis (symphysis puÂ´bis) the line of union of the bodies of the pubic bones in the median plane.