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18 Cards in this Set
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Head |
Rounded projection at the end of shaft of bone. •forms joints |
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Facet |
Smooth flat surface • may form a joint with another facet |
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Condyle |
Rounded bump or large rounded prominence • usually fit into a fossa or another bone to form a joint |
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Spine |
Similar to crest but raised higher, a sharp, pointed, slender projection. • Attach connective tissues |
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Tubercle |
Small tuberosity that may also be described as a round nodule or warty outgrowth |
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Tuberosity |
Large rounded or oblong projection that may look like a raised bump. • projections called tubersoities are often sites for muscle attachment |
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Line |
Similar to a crest but not raised as much- may be faint |
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Crest |
Moderately raised and therefore prominent border or ridge. •sites for muscle attachment |
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Fossa |
A shallow depression (ditch or trench) • recieve another articulating bone with which a joint is formed |
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Sulcus |
Groove, crevice or furrow. • channel-like depression that may accommodate a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon |
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Fissure |
Long, crack-line hole for blood vessels and nerves |
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Foramen |
Round hole through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass |
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Meatus |
A tube-like opening or channel extending within a bone |
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Sinus |
Cavity within a bone |
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Articulation |
Joint- two or more bones come together |
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Projection Protrubance Process |
Any bone prominence • Attach connective tissue |
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Fovea |
Small pit or depression |
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Canal |
Tube-like opening through bone |
