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20 Cards in this Set
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Condyle
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General structure: articulating surfaces
Description: large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure |
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Facet
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General structure: articulating surfaces
Description: small, flat, shallow articulating surface |
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Head
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General structure: articulating surfaces
Description: prominent, rounded epiphysis |
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Trochlea
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General structure: articulating surfaces
Description: smooth, grooved, pulley-like articulate process |
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Alveolus
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General structure: depressions
Description: deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible |
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Fossa
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General structure: depressions
Description: flattened or shallow depression |
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Sulcus
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General structure: depressions
Description: narrow groove |
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Crest
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General structure: projections for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: narrow, prominent, ridge-like projection |
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Epicondyle
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General structure: projections for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: projection adjacent to a condyle |
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Line
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attatchment
Description: low ridge |
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Process
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attatchment
Description: any marked bony prominence |
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Ramus
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure |
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Spine
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: pointed, slender process |
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Trochanter
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: massive, rough projection found only on the femur |
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Tubercle
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General structure: projection for tendon and ligament attachment
Description: small, rounded projection |
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Tuberosity
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General structure: projection for tendon or ligament attachment
Description: large, rough projection |
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Canal
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General structure: openings and spaces
Description: passageway through a bone |
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Fissure
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General structure: openings and spaces
Description: narrow, slitlike opening through a bone |
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Foramen
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General structure: openings and spaces
Description: rounded passageway through a bone |
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Sinus
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General structure: openings and spaces
Description: cavity or hollow space in bone |
