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56 Cards in this Set
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Transverse/Cross Plane
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A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions.
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Longitudinal
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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal, longitudinal and transverse planes that intersect at right angles.
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Sagittal
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A longitudinal plane that divides the body into right and left portions.
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Midsagittal
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A longitudinal plane that passes through the midline to divide the body into right and left halves.
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Frontal/Coronal
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A longitudinal plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions.
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Alveolus
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible.
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Articulation
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The junction of two bones.
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Auricular
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Ear shaped
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Bifid
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Cleft into two parts or branches.
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Canal/Meatus
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A passageway through a bone.
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Capitulum
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A little head
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Concha
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A spiral structure like a seashell.
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Condyle
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A large, smooth, rounded articulatig oval structure.
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Coracoid
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Describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak.
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Coronoid
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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point.
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Costal
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Associated with or a part of the ribs.
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Crest
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A narrow, prominent ridgelike projection.
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Cribriform
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Perforated like a sieve.
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Cuneiform
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Wedge-shaped.
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Demi-facet
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Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones.
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Diaphysis
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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft.
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Epicondyle
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A projection adjacent to a condyle.
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Epiphysis
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The end of a long bone.
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Facet
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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface.
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Fissure
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A narrow, slitlike opening through a bone.
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Foramen
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A rounded passageway through a bone.
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Fossa
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A flattened or shallow depression.
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Fovea
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A small depression.
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Glenoid
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Shaped like a shallow socket.
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Head
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A prominent, rounded epiphysis.
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Hiatus
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A gap.
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Lamina
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A thin, flat plate.
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Line
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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest.
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Malleolus
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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process.
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Mastoid
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Breast-shaped.
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Neck
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A constricted portion adjacent to the head.
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Notch
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An indentation or v-shaped depression.
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Nuchal
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Associated with the nape of the neck.
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Pedicle
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A supporting column or stalk.
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Petrous
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Like a rock.
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Process
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Any marked bony prominence.
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Promontory
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A high place.
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Pterygoid
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Wing-like.
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Ramus
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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch.
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Septum
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A partition.
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Sinus
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A cavity or hollow space in a bone.
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Spine
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A pointed, slender process
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Squamous
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Flat, scale-like.
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Styloid
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Pointed, pen-like.
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Sulcus
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A narrow grove.
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Suture
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The line of union in an immovable articulation.
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Trochanter
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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur.
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Trochlea
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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process.
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Tubercle
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A small, round projection.
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Tuberosity
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A large, rough projection.
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Xiphoid
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Shaped like a sword.
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