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24 Cards in this Set
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Angle |
An inside or outside corner |
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Body |
The main or central portion of a bone |
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Border |
Edge or boundary of a bone |
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Condyle |
Rounded bump; usually fits into a fossa on another bone to form a joint |
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Crest |
Moderately raised ridge; generally a site for muscle attachment |
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Epicondyle |
Bump near a condyle; often gives the appearance of a bump on a bump; for muscle attachment |
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Facet |
Flat surface that forms a joint with anther facet or flat bone |
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Fissure |
Long, crack-like hole for blood vessels/nerves (literally a split) |
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Foramen |
Round hole for vessels and nerves |
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Fossa |
Depression; often receives an articulating bone (literally ditch) |
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Head |
Distinct epiphysis on a long bone |
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Line |
Similar to a crest but not raised as much ( is often rather faint) |
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Margin |
Edge of a flat bone or flat area |
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Meatus |
Tube-like opening or channel |
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Neck |
A narrowed portion, usually at the base of a bone |
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Notch |
A V-like "cut" out of the margin or edge of a flat area |
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Process |
Projection or raised area |
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` Ramus |
Curved portion of a bone, like a ram's horn (literally branch) |
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Sinus |
Cavity within a bone (literally hollow) |
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Spine |
Sharp, pointed process; similar to crested but raised more; for muscle attachment (literally thorn) |
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Suleus |
Groove or elongated Depression (literally trench) |
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Trochanter |
Large bump for muscle attachment (larger than a tubercle or tuberosity) (literally runner) |
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Tubercle |
Small tuberosity; small oblong bump |
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Tuberosity |
Oblong raised bump, usually for muscle attachment; also called tuber, a small tuberosity is called a tubercle |
