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32 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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proximal
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close to the spine and head; top
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distal
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far from spine and head; bottom
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medial
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close to body's midline
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lateral
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far from body's midline
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dorsal
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toward back (top)
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ventral
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toward belly (bottom)
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cranial
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toward head
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caudal
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toward tail
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anterior
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front (upright)
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posterior
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back (upright)
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plantar
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caudal (bottom) for carpals
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volar (palmar)
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underside of carpals and tarsals
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epiphysis
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articular end of bone
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diaphysis
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shaft of bone
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axial skeleton
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cranium, vertebrae, sacrum
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appendicular skeleton
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hind limbs and forelimbs
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palmar
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surface of hand bones facing ground
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plantar
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surface of foot bones facing ground
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dorsal
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surface of bone facing away from ground
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vestibular
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surface of tooth facing lips and cheek; equivalent to human osteology term 'labial'
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lingual
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surface of tooth facing tongue; equivalent to human osteology term 'palatal'
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body
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main part of bone
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process
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prominence clearly extending out from body of bone
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spine
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pointed process
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tuberosity
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rounded, usually roughened bulging feature for attachment of ligaments and muscles
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tubercle
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smaller tuberosity
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fossa
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depression or pit
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articular surface
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element of bone that articulates with another bone
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facet
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small, flat articular surface
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head
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rounded, convex articular surface
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trochlea
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pulley-like articular surface
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foramen
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a perforation of hole for blood vessels or nerves
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