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.
Overview of Apoptosis. Apoptosis is the tightly controlled pattern of cell death necessary for typical growth and development in multicellular organisms. Defective apoptosis can result in abnormal development and pathogenesis. Caspases cleave target proteins at specific amino acid residues during a programmed proteolytic cascade.