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19 Cards in this Set
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Capitulum |
small, round, articular head (capitulum of humerous) |
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Condyle |
rounded, knuckle-like articular area, often occurring in pairs (lateral & medial femoral condyles) |
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Crest |
Ridge of bone (iliac crest) |
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Epicondyle |
Eminence superior or adjacent to a condyle (lateral epicondyle of humerus) |
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Facet |
Smooth flat area, usually covered w/ cartilage, where a bone articulates w/ another bone (superior costal facet on body of a vertebra for articulation w/ a rib) |
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Foramen |
Foramen: Passage through a bone (obturator foramen) |
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Fossa |
Hollow or depressed area (infraspinous fossa of the scapula) |
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Groove |
elongated depression or furrow (radial groove of humerus) |
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Head |
large, round articular end (head of humerus) |
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Line |
linear elevation (soleal line of the tibia) |
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Malleolus |
rounded process (lateral malleolus of the fibula) |
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Notch |
Indentation at the edge of ab one (greater sciatic notch) |
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Protuberance |
Projection of bone (external occipital protuberance) |
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Spine |
thorn-like process (spine of the scapula) |
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Spinous Process |
projecting spine-like part (spinous process of a vertebra) |
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Trochanter |
large blunt elevation (greater trochanter of femur) |
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Trochlea |
spool-like articular process or process that acts as pulley (trochlea of humerus) |
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Tubercle |
small raised eminence (greater tubercle of humerus) |
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Tuberosity |
large rounded elevation (ischial tuberosity) |
