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22 Cards in this Set
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Acetabulum |
Cavity or socket. Found in the pelvis into which the head of the femur seats |
Latin: vinegar cup |
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Condyle |
Knuckle. A large rounded articulation process usually found at the distal end of a long bone and covered with hyaline cartilage. |
Greek: kondylos ( knuckle) |
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Cotyloid |
Cup- shaped/cup-like. A cavity or deep articulation depression such as the acetabulum.
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Same as acetabulum |
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Crest |
Prominent border or ridge. |
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Epicondyle |
A bony prominence above or on a condyle. |
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Facet |
Small face. A smooth flat surface that is concave or convex and is usually covered with hyaline cartilage |
Top end of long bones |
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Foramen |
Hole. Opening through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass. |
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Fossa |
Cavity. A basin-like depression. A depression in or on a bone. A small hollow. |
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Fovea |
Pit. A shallow non-articulated depression. Eg. In the head of the femur. |
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Head |
A rounded articular eminence/projection Eg at the proximal end of a long bone. Shaped like a ball. |
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Linea |
Line. A less prominent ridge than a crest. |
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Meatus |
Passageway. A tube-like passageway in a bone. |
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Process |
To proceed. A projection/outgrowth from a larger structure, usually a bone. |
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Prominence |
A projection/ protuberance of a bone. |
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Spine |
Thorn. A sharp slender process. |
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Trochanter |
Runner. Projections found only on the femur. ( greater & lesser trochanter) |
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Tubercle |
Small. Small, rounded usually roughened processes. |
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Tuberosity |
Large. Large, rounded usually roughened processes. |
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Ramus |
Branch. A part of an irregular shapes bone, less slender than a process that forms an angle with the main part of the bone.
Eg. Jaw to the skull |
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Line |
Ridge. On a bone not as prominent as a ridge. |
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Fissure |
Crack A narrow opening between two bones. |
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Ridge |
Branch Part of an irregular bone , less slender than a process that forms an angle with the main part of the bone.
Eg. Jaw to the skull |
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