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28 Cards in this Set
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Projections |
Provide sites for attachments or help form joints. |
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Depressions |
Indentations or openings that serve as passageways |
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Tuberocity |
Large rounded projection; may be roughened |
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Crest |
Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent |
Iliac crest |
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Trochanter |
Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur) |
Femur of thigh |
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Line |
Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest |
Intertrochanteric line |
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Tubercle |
Small rounded projection or process |
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Epicondyle |
Raises area on or above a condyle |
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Spine |
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
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Process |
Any bony prominence |
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Head |
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck |
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Facet |
Smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
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Condyle |
Rounded articular projection |
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Ramus |
Armlike bar of bone |
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Groove |
Furrow |
Jaw bone |
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Fissure |
Narrow, slitlike opening |
Inferior orbital fissure |
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Foramen |
Round or oval opening through a bone |
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Notch |
Indentation at the edge of structure |
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Meatus |
Canal like passageway |
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Sinus |
Bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane |
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Fossa |
Shallow basin like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface |
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Axial Skeleton
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Skull, Vertebral column, thoracic cage, pelvic girdle
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Appendicular Skeleton
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Arms, legs, hands feet
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Long Bone
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Longer than it is wide. ex: femur, bones of fingers
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Irregular Bones
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no specific category. ex: vertebrae
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Short Bones
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typically cube-shaped, contain more spongy bone. ex: tarsals and carpals.
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Flat Bones
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Generally thin, with layer of spongy bone between two wafer-like layers of compact bone. ex: bones of skull.
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