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33 Cards in this Set
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What is a Condyle?
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A rounded projection involved in the formation of a joint.
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What is a Crest?
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A narrow ridge usually site of muscle and ligament attachment
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What is epicondyle?
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A raised area on or above a condyle.
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What is a Foramen?
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A foramen is hole in the bone
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What is a Fossa?
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A Fossa is a shallow or hollow depression in a bone.
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What is a Groove?
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A Groove islong shallow depression on a bone.
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What is a Head?
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An expanded end beyond a constricted portion or a bony expansion carried on a narrow neck.
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What is Malleolus?
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Like a small hammer shape (mallet)
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What is meatus?
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Meatus is a tube-shaped opening in a bone.
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What is a neck?
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A neck is a constricted area beneath a head.
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What is a Notch?
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A notch is a deep indentation, like a notch in wood.
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What is a Process?
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A Process is an enlargement or protrusion of a bone
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What is a Ramus?
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A Ramus is a branch of a forked structure
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What is Sinus?
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A Sinus is an air cavity in a bone
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What is a Spine?
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A Spine is a sharp or slender projection
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What is a Styloid?
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A Styloid is like a point or a stylus.
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What is a Sulcus?
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A Sulcus is a narrow slitlike opening similiar to groove or fissure
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What is Trochanter?
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Trochanter is a very large process on the femur (enlargement or protrusion a bone)
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What is a Tubercle?
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A Tubercle is a small rounded projection.
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What is Tuberosity?
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Tuberosity is a large, roughened projection
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Define Acro?
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Acro is at the extreme region.
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Define concha?
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Shell like, as in a nasal concha
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Define coracoid?
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Coracoid- beak like
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Define Cornu?
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Horn like, as in cornucopia
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Define Ethmos
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Ethmos, sieve as in the ethmoid bone.
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Define fontan?
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Little fountain, as frontal fontanel of skull
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Define inter?
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Between, as in intercondoylar and intertubercular
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Define Lacerum?
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Lacerated, as in foramen lacerum
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Define Meta?
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Middle as in Metatarsal
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Define Olecrananon?
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Elbow (greek)
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Sella turcica-?
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Turkish saddle
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Define sheno?
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Wedge, as in shenoid bone.
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Define Suture?
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Immovable fibrous articulation(joint), interlocking joints as in the skull.
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