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26 Cards in this Set
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Narrow cleft-like opening between adjacent parts of bones |
Fissure |
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Space between skull bones at birth |
Fontanel |
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Opening in blood vessels, nerves or ligaments |
Foramen |
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A depression in or on a bone |
Fossa |
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A groove for blood vessels, nerves or tendons |
Sulcus |
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A tube within a bone |
Meatus |
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Projections or outgrowths on a bone for connective tissue |
Processes |
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Large rounded articular prominence |
Condyle |
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Smooth flat surface on a bone |
Facet |
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Rounded articular projection on the neck of a bone |
Head |
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Prominent border or ridge |
Crest |
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Prominence above a condyle |
Epicondyle |
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Less prominent ridge than crest |
Linea |
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Sharp slender process |
Spinous process |
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Very large projection found on the femur |
Trochanter |
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Small rounded process |
Tubercle |
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Large rounded usually roughened process |
Tuberosity |
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Face has how many bones? |
14 |
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Cranium has how many bones? |
8 |
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Vertebral column has how many bones? |
26 |
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Ribs has how many bones? |
24 |
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How many phalanges in each hand or foot? |
14 |
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When the sercretion of matrix stop |
Calcification |
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Consists of lamellae arranged in an irregular latticework of thin plates of bone |
Spongy bone |
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Forms the external layer of all bones that provides protection and support |
Compact bone |
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The spaces between this rod-shaped area of the bone are filled with blood vessels and red bone marrow |
Trabeculae |
