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33 Cards in this Set
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hematopoietic
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pertaining to blood formation
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fontanelle
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soft spot remaining at junctures of sutures in the skull; closes after birth
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symphysis
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joint where two bones join, held firmly to function as one bone
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saddle joint
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allows primates to flex, extend, abduct, adduct, and circumduct the thumb
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bursa
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fibrous sac that acts as acushion to ease movement and reduce friction
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sphenoid bone
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paired bones that form the base of the skull and part of the floor/side of the bony eye socket
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ethmoid bone
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forms most rostral part of cranial cavity
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incisive bone
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forms rostral part of hard palate and lower edge of nares
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pterygoid bone
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forms the lateral wall of the nasopharynx
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vomer bone
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forms the base of the nasal septum
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hyoid bone
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bone suspended between the mandible and the laryngopharynx
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ungulate
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animal with hooves
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meatus
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passage or opening
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onchy/o
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combining form for claw
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malleolus
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rounded projection
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trochanter
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broad, flat projection
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ankylosis
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loss of motility due to injury, disease, or trauma
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lordosis / swayback
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position where vertebral column abnormally curves ventrically; seen in cats in heat
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exostosis
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benign bone growth
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sequestrum
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piece of dead bone partially or fully detached from the adjacent healthy bone
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legg-calve-perthes disease
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ideopathic (avascular) necrosis of the femoral head in small breed dogs
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crepitation
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craking sensation felt and heard when broken bones move together
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physeal fracture
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salter fracture; fracture of epiphyseal line
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avulsion fracture
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broken bone in which the site of muscle, tendon, or ligament insertion is detached by a forceful pull
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trephination
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process of cutting a hole in a bone using a trephine
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syntharoses
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joints that allow no movement
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clavicle
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slender bone connecting the sternum to the scapula
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vestigial
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structure that remains to varying degrees but has lost functionality
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brachium
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proximal forelimb / humerus
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antebrachium
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distal forelimb / radius + ulna
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dens
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toothlike structure
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laminectomy
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surgical removal of dorsal arch of vertebrae
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arthrodesis
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fusion of a joint or spinal vertebrae by surgical means
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