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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a process? |
a projection or bump
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What is a ramus?
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an extension of a bone that makes an angle with the rest of the structure
arm-like project |
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What is a trochanter?
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a large, rough projection, irregularly shaped process (ON FEMUR ONLY)
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What is a tubercle?
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a small, rounded projection or process
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What is a line?
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a low narrow ridge, more delicate (less prominent) than a crest
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What is tuberosity?
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a small, rough, projection that may occupy a broad area of the bone surface, elevated projection
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What is a crest?
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a prominent narrow ridge
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What is a spine?
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a pointed, slender or narrow process
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What is a neck?
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a narrow connection between the head of the bone and the diaphysis of the bone
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What is a head?
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an expanded (rounded) proximal end of a bone that forms part of a joint, connected to a narrow neck
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What is a facet?
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a small, smooth flat articular surface
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What is a trochlea?
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a smooth, grooved articular process shaped like a pulley
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What is a condyle?
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a smooth, rounded articular process (projection)
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What is an epicondyle?
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elevated area, above a condyle
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What is a sulcus?
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a deep, narrow groove
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What is a fossa?
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a shallow depression or recess in the surface of the bone
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What is a foramen?
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a small, rounded passageway through which blood vessels or nerves penetrate the bone
round or oval hole or opening |
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What is a fissure?
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an elongated cleft or gap, slit-like opening
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What is a sinus?
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a chamber (cavity) within a bone that is normally filled with air
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What is a Canal or meatus?
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a large passageway through the substance of a bone, bony canal
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