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21 Cards in this Set
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axial skeletal
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bones that lie around the longitudinal axis of the body
Skull Hyoid Auditory ossicles Vertebral column Thorax |
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appendicular skeleton
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upper & lower limbs and girdles
pectoral girdle upper limbs pelvic girdles lower limbs |
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five main types of bones
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long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid
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depression bone surface markings
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fissure
foramen fossa sulcus meatus |
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fissure
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narrow slit
between adjacent parts of bones nerves and blood vessels pass through |
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foramen
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hole
an opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass |
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fossa
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shallow depression
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sulcus
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furrow
along a bone surface accommodates a blood vessel, nerve or tendon |
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meatus
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tubelike opening
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processes that form joints
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condyle
facet head |
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condyle
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large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
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facet
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smooth flat articular surface
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head
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rounded articular projection supported on the neck of a bone
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processes that form attachment points for connective tissue
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crest
epicondyle line spinous process trochanter tubercle tuberosity |
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crest
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prominent ridge or elongated projection
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epicondyle
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projection above a condyle
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line
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long, narrow ridge or border
(less prominent than a crest) |
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spinous process
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sharp, slender projection
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trochanter
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very large projection
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tubercle
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small, rounded projection
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tuberosity
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large, rounded projection
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