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19 Cards in this Set
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded projection; may be roughned.
Ex.Tiba of leg Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Crest
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Narrow ridge of the bone; usually prominen.
Ex. Anterior Tiba of leg Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Trochanter
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Very large, blunt, irregular shaped process.
The only example is the Femur Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Line
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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest.
Ex. Interochanteric line Femur of thigh Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Tubercule
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Small rounded projection or process
Ex. Adductor turbercule Fermur of thigh Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Epicondyle
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Raised area on or above a condyle
Ex. Medial epicondyle Femur of thigh Site of muscle and ligament attachemnt |
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Spine
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Sharp,nearly flat articular surface
Ex.Spinous process Site of muscle and ligament attachemnt |
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Process
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Prominence or projection
Ex. Spinous Process Site of muscle and ligament attachment |
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Head
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Bony expansion carried on a marrow neck
Ex. Rib Helps to form joints |
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Facet
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Helps to form joints |
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Condyle
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Round articule projection
Ex. Mandiable Helps to form joints |
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Ramus
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Armlike bar of bone
Ex. Mandiable Pelvic gridle Helps to form joints |
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Antrum
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Chamber within a bone
Ex. Cavities |
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Sinus
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Space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous
Ex. Cavities |
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Meatus
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Canal-like passage ways
Ex. Depressions ans openings allowing blood vesssels and nerves to pass |
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Fossa
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Shallow, basinlike depressions in a bone often serving as an articular surface
Depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass |
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Groove
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Furrow
Depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass |
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Fissure
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Narrowing, slitlike opening
Depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass |
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Foramen
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Round or oval through a bone
Depressions and openings allowing blood and nerves to pass |
