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30 Cards in this Set
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Apeture
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Opening or orifice in bone.
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Arch
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Prominent bridgelike bony structure.
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Articulation
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Area where the bones are joined to each other.
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Bones
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Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissue and serve as the biomechanic basis for movement.
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Canal
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Opening in bone that is long, narrow, and tubelike.
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Condyle
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Oval bony prominence usually involved in joints.
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Cornu
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Small hornlike prominence.
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Crest
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Roughened border or ridge on the bone surface.
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Eminence
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Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface.
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Fissure
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Opening in bone that is narrow and cleftlike.
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Foramen/Foramina
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Short, windowlike opening(s) in bone.
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Fossa/Fossae
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Depression(s) on a bony surface.
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Head
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Rounded surface projecting from a bone by a neck.
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Incisura
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Indentation or notch at the edge of the bone.
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Joint
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Site of a junction or union between two or more bones.
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Line
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Straight, small ridge of bone.
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Meatus
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Opening or canal in the bone.
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Notch
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Indentation at the edge of a bone.
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Ostium/Ostia
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Small opening(s) in bone.
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Perforation
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Abnormal hole in a hollow organ, such as in the wall of a sinus.
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Plate
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Flat structure of bone.
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Primary Sinusitis
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Inflammation of the sinus.
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Process
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General term for any prominence on a bony surface.
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Secondary Sinusitis
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Inflammation of the sinus related to another source.
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Skeletal System
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System that consists of the bones, their associated cartilage, and the joints.
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Spine
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Abrupt, small prominence of bone.
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Sulcus/Sulci
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Shallow depression(s) or groove(s) such as that on the bony surface.
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Suture
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Generally immovable articulation in which bones are joined by fibrous tissue.
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Tubercle
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Eminence or small, rounded elevation on the bony surface.
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Tuberosity
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Large, often rough, prominence on the surface of bone.
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