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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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smooth rounded process for articulation
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condyle
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prominent border or ridge on a bone
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crest
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smaller condyle or process above a condyle
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epicondyle
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smaller nearly flat articular surface
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facet
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a groove or cleft
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fissure
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hole, opening in a bone through which blood vessels and/or nerves usually pass
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foramen (ex. mental foramen)
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depression
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fossa
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rounded depression or pit
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fovea (ex. fovea capitis)
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an enlargement on the end of a bone, often rounded
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head
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a less prominent ridge
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line (ex. nuchal line)
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a narrow ridge
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linea (ex. linea aspera)
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a tube like passageway within a bone
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meatus (from latin "meare" meaning to flow or run)
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indentation in a bone
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notch
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a prominent projection on a bone
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process
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a structure given off from a larger one
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ramus (as on mandible)
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a cavity or hollow space within a bone
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sinus
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a sharp thorn-like projection
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spine
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linear groove, less deep than a fissure
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sulcus
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a large, somewhat blunt process
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trochanter
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small process
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tubercle
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large, roughened process
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tuberosity
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