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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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smaller rounded projection; may be roughened (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Tuberosity
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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Crest
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Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process. The only examples are on the femur. (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Trochanter
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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest. (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Line
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Small rounded projection or process. (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Tubercle
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A narrow connection between the epiphysis and the diaphysis
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Neck
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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection. (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Spine
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Prominence or projection. (Site of muscle and ligament attachment)
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Process
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Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck. (Helps to form joints)
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Head
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Small, nearly flat articular surface. (Helps to form joints)
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Facet
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Smooth, rounded articular process. (Helps to form joints)
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Condyle
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An extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure.
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Ramus
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A Chamber within a bone, normally filled with air.
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Sinus
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Canal-like passageway. (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
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Meatus
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Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone,
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Fossa
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A narrow groove
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Sulcus
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Narrow, slitlike opening.
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Fissure
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Round or oval opening through a bone. (Depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass)
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Foramen
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A smooth grooved articular process shaped like a pulley
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Trochlea
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A duct or channel
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Canal
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