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52 Cards in this Set
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
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alveolus
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The junction of two bones
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Articulation
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Ear-shaped
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Auricular
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Cleft into two parts or branches
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Bifid
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A rounded passageway through a bone
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Foramen
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A little head
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Capitulum
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A spiral structure like a seashell
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Concha
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A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
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Condyle
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Describing a projection shaped like a crow's beak
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Coracoid
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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point
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Coronoid
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Associated with or a part of the ribs
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Costal
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A narrow, prominent ridgelike projection
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Crest
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Perforated like a sieve
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Cribriform
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Wedge-shaped
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Cuneiform
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Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones
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Demi-facet
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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft
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Diaphysis
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A projection adjacent to a condyle
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Epicondyle
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The end of a long bone
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Epiphysis
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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface
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Facet
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A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone
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Fissure
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A passageway through a bone
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Canal
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A passageway through a bone
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Meatus
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A flattened or shallow depression
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fossa
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A small depression
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Fovea
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Shaped like a shallow socket
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glenoid
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A prominent, rounded epiphysis
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Head
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A gap
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Hiatus
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A thin, flat plate
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lamina
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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest
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line
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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process
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Malleolus
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Breast-shaped
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Mastoid
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A constricted portion adjacent to a head
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Neck
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An indentation or V-shaped depression
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Notch
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Associated with the nape of the neck
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Nuchal
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A supporting column or stalk
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Pedicle
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Like a rock
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Petrous
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Any marked bony prominence
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Process
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A high place
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Promontory
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Wing-like
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Pterygoid
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An angular extension of a bone relative the rest of the structure; a branch
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Ramus
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A partition
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Septum
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A cavity or hollow space in a bone
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Sinus
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A pointed, slender process
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Spine
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Flat, scale-like
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Squamous
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Pointed, pen-like
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Styloid
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A narrow groove
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Sulcus
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The line of union in an immovable articulation
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Suture
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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur
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Trochanter
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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process
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Trochlea
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A small, round projection
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Tubercle
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A large, rough projection
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Tuberosity
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Shaped like a sword
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Xiphoid
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