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24 Cards in this Set
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Body |
the main part of a bone from which other markings often extend |
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Canal |
a tube-like opening through which nerves and blood vessels often pass |
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Condyle |
a large, rounded projection where the bone articulates with part of another bone |
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Crest |
a narrow ridge on the bone, usually found where a flat muscle, tendon, or ligament attaches to the bone |
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Diaphysis |
the cylindrical shaft of a long bone, may have other markings on it |
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Epicondyle |
a relatively small, rounded bump where muscles, tendons, and ligaments attach to the bone (always located on the surface of a condyle) |
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Epiphysis |
the enlarged end of a long bone, often includes other markings such as condyle or epicondyles |
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Facet |
a smooth, flat area where the bone articulates with part of another bone |
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Fissure |
a narrow elongated opening, usually irregular in shape. Nerves and blood vessels often pass through this |
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Foramen |
A round or oval hole through a bone, not a s long as a canal or meatus |
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Fossa |
A large, flat region or shallow depression on the bone |
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Groove |
A narrow depression on a bone through which some other structure runs |
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Head |
A rounded enlargement carried on a neck of a bone which takes part in forming a joint |
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Line |
A narrow ridge, smaller than a crest, but also a place where a flat ligament, tendon or muscle attaches to the bone |
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Meatus |
A tube-like opening or passage in a bone |
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Neck |
A narrowed region at one end of a long bone, leading to the head |
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Process |
A general term for a long projection from a bone |
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Protuberance |
A general term for a small, irregular projection from a bone |
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Ramus |
A round or flattened extension form the body of a bone, usually for articulation with another bone |
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Sinus |
An air-filled cavity within a bones, lined by mucous membrane |
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Spine |
A sharp, slender projection of a bone for muscle, tendon, or ligament attachement |
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Trochanter |
A large, irregularly shaped projection of a bone |
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Tuberosity |
A large, rounded projection of a bone for muscle attachment, usually rough |
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Wing |
An elongated, flattened extension of a bone |
