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21 Cards in this Set
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Capitulum
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small, round, articular head (capitulum of the humerous)
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Condyle
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round, knuckle like articular area often occurring in pairs
Ex: lateral and medial femoral condyles) |
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Crest
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Ridge of the bone
Ex: iliac crest |
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Facet
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smooth flat area, usually covered with cartilage, where bones articulate with other bones
Ex: superior costal faucet on the body of a vertebra for articulation with a rib |
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Foramen
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passage through a bone
Ex: obturator foramen |
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Fossa
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hollow or depressed area
Ex: infraspinous process of the scapula |
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Groove
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elongated depression or furrow
Ex: Radial groove of the humerous |
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Head
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Larg round articular head
Ex: head of the humerous |
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Line
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linear elevation
Ex: soleal line of the tibia |
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Malleolus
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rounded process
Ex: lateral malleolus of the fibula |
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Notch
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indentation at the end of a bone
Ex: the greater sciatic notch |
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Protuberance
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projection of bone
Ex: external occipital protuberance |
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Spine
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thorn-like process
Ex: spine of the scapula |
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Spinous Process
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projecting spine-like part
Ex: spinous process of vertebra |
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Trochanter
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large blunt elevation
Ex: The greater trochanter of the femur |
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Trochlea
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spool-like articular process or process that acts as a pulley
Ex: trochlea of the humerous |
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Tubercle
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small raised eminence
Ex: Greater tuberacle of the humerous |
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded elevation
Ex: large ischial tuberosity |
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The four classifications of bones
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flat, sigmoid, long, short
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Two types of bone
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Spongy and Compact
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two processes which bone grow
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Intramembraneous Ossification - mesenchymal bone models are formed during embryonic and prenatal periods
Endochondral Ossification - cartilage models are formed during fetal period but bone replaces most cartilage |
