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23 Cards in this Set
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Large rounded projection; may be roughened
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Tuberosity
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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent
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Crest
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Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process. (Only examples are on the femur)
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Trochanter
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Small rounded projection or process
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Tubercle
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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
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Spine
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Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Head
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Smooth, nearly flat aricular surface
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Facet
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Rounded articular projection
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Condyle
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Armlike bar of bone
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Ramus
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Space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane
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Sinus
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Canal like passageway
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Meatus
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Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface
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Fossa
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Narrow, slitlike opening
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Fissure
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Round or oval opening through a bone
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Foramen (Foramina = Pleural)
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A groove or furrow in a bone
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Sulcus
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The flat portion of a bone
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Squama
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A lateral fold of bone that creates a more efficient circulation of inhaled air, by increasing surface area.
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Concha
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Spaces covered by tough membranes (connective tissue) between the bones of an infants skull
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Fontanel
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Skeletal elements derived from embryonic gill arches. They include the hyoid bones and ear ossicles
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Visceral Skeleton
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A depression or pit
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Fovea
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A line remaining after two bones have joined together and fused
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Suture
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Wing
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Ala
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A horn shaped structure
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Cornu
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