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head
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prominent expanded end of bone
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condyle
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a round knob that articulates with another bone
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facet
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smooth, flat surface
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crest
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narrow ridge
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tuberosity
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rough elevated surface
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tuburcle
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small rounded process
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trochanter
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large process on FEMUR
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spine
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slender elongates process that may be pointed
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epicondyle
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projection superior to condyle
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meatus
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canal-like opening
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fossa
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shallow depression
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process
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marked body prominence
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foramen
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round or oval opening
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fissure
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slit-like opening
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sinus
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large cavity within a cranial bone
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trochlea
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smooth pully-like process of surface e.g. trochlea of humerous
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anterior fossa
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hold the frontal lobe of the brain
formed mostly by the frontal bone |
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medial fossa
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hold temporal lobes of the brain.
formed mostly by the temporal bone. |
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posterior fossa
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holds cerebellum
formed mostly by the occipital bone |
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nasal cavity
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paranasal sinus
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composed of 4 sinus
-frontal (located at very front, near frontal bone) -ethmoid (located in front of nasal cavity) -sphenoid sinus (located behind nasal cavity) -maxillary sinus (located in face) |
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the orbit
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forms the eye socket
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frontal bone
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forms forehead and cranium roof
contains frontal sinus |
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parietal bones
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form lateral walls of cranium
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temporal lines
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thickened regions of bone that arch across parietal and frontal bones.
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coronal suture
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point where the parietal and the frontal bones fuse
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sagittal suture
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point where the two parietal bones fuse
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lamboid suture
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point where parietal and occipital bone fuse
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temporal bones
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form lateral wall of skull
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zygomatic process
(located in temporal bone) |
articulates with zygomatic bone
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external auditory meatus
(located in temporal bone) |
opening to the ear hole
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mastoid process
(located in temporal bone) |
POA for muscles
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jugular foramen
(located in temporal bone) |
access for nerves and blood vessles
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styloid process
(located in temporal bone) |
POA for larynx and pharynx
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mandibular fossa
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articulates with mandible to make the only movable joint.
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occipital bone
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forms the inferior and posterior aspect of skull
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occipital condyles
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skull rests on vertebral column, articulates with vertebral column.
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foramen magnum
(occipital bone) |
opening for spinal cord
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jugular foramen
(occipital bone) |
opening for nerves and blood vessels
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sphenoid bone
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butterfly shaped bone that spans the width of the middle cranial fossa
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sella turcica
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located in the spenoid bone, houses pituitary gland.
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ethmoid bone
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located medial to orbits forms walls and roof of nasal cavity.
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pedicles
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forms the vertebral arch. joins the transverse processes with the vertebral body
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laminae
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forms the vertebral arch. joins the transverse process with the spinous process
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