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52 Cards in this Set
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suture
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the fibrous joints between cranial bones
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margin
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the edge or border of a surface
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foramen
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an opening which allows for the passage of nerves, arteries, and veins
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sinus
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a hollow space which may contain air, venous or arterial blood, lymph or serous fluid
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canal
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a tube, duct, or passageway
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process
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used to indicate growing out, i.e., an outgrowth, usually of bone
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fossa
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a concavity in bone, or an organ, or a lining surface
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septum
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a dividing fence or partition
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aveoli
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any small hollow
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ossicle
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a small bone
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articulation
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articulate - to form a joint
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facet
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a small smooth bony surface, either coated with articular cartlage or the site of a tendinous attachment
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demifacet
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half of a facet
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pedicle
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of the foot
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laminae
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a layer of vertebral bone
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tubercle
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a small prominence, usually bony
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tuberosity
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usually large and rough
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girdle
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a ring of bones which may be complete or incomplete
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cavity
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a hollow area within the body
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epicondyle
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a prominence on a condyle of the humerus or femur
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ramus
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a branch of a nerve
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fovea
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a pit (usually amaller than a fossa)
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trochanter
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a bony landmark, the greater trochanter, which moves in running
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lineaaspera
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the ridge running down the posterior aspect of the femur
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eminence
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a projection (usually smooth)
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malleolus
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a bony projection
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phalanx
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one of the small bones of a digit
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root: sutura
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a seam
ex: squamosal suture |
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root: foramen
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hole
ex: mental foramen |
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root: sinus
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a hollow or space
ex: maxillary sinuses |
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root: canalis
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a water-pipe or canal
ex: carotid canal |
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root: process
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going forwards
ex: they zygomatic process of the temporal bone |
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root: fossa
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a ditch or trench
ex: intercondylar fossa of the femur |
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root: kondylos
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knuckle
ex: mandibular condyle |
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root: saeptum
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fenced in
ex: nasal septum |
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root: alveoli
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a basin
ex: alveoli of the mandible and maxilla |
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root: ossiculus, os
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bone
ex: auditory ossicles: malleus, incus, stapes |
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root: artus
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joint
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root: facies
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face
ex: costal facet |
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root: pedis
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of the foot
ex: pedicles of the vertebrae |
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root: laminae
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plate
ex: lamina of the vertebrae |
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root: tuber
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a swelling or lump
ex: conoid tubercle of the scapula |
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root: cavitas
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a hollow
ex: glenoid cavity of the scapula |
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root: epi
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upon
ex: medial and lateral epicondyles of the femur |
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root: ramus
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branch
ex: the ramus of the mandible |
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root: fovea
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a pit
ex: the fovea on the head of the femur |
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root: trochanter
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a runner
ex: greater and lesser trochanters of the femur |
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root: linea
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line
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root: aspera
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rough
ex: the lineaaspera landmark on the femur |
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root: eminens
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projecting
ex: intercondylar eminence of the tibia |
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malleus
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hammer
ex: medial malleolus of the tibia |
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root: phalanx
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row of soldiers
ex: each finger and toe bone is a phalanx |
