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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Condyle
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Large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
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Facet
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Small, flat, shallow articulating surface
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Head
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Prominent, rounded epiphysis
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Trochlea
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Smooth, grooved, pulley-line articular process
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Alveolus
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Deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
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Fossa
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Flattened or shallow depression
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Sulcus
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Narrow groove
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Crest
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Narrow, prominent, ridge like projection
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Epicondyle
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Projection adjacent to a condyle
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Line
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Low ridge
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Process
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Any marked bony prominence
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Ramus
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Angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure.
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Spine
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Pointed, slender process
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Trochanter
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Massive, rough projection found only on the femur.
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tubercle
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small, round projection
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Tuberosity
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Large, rough projection
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Canal(meatus)
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Passageway through a bone
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Fissure
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Narrow, slit like opening through a bone
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Foramen
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Rounded passageway through a bone
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Sinus
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Cavity or hallow space in a bone.
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