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32 Cards in this Set
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A bony prominence
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PROCESS
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A bony projection
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EMINENCE
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Long, thin, sharp process
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SPINE
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Large, rough eminence often on a site of a ligament/tendon attachment
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TUBEROSITY
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Small, rugose eminence often on a site of a ligament/tendon attachment
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TUBERCLE
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two large, prominent, blunt processes on the femur
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GREATER & LESSER TROCHANTERS
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rounded protuberance adjacent to the ankle joint
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MALLEOLUS
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smooth, round, broad eminence
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BOSS
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area where adjacent bones are in contact
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ARTICULATION
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rounded articular process
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CONDYLE
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nonarticular projection adjacent to a condyle
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EPICONDYLE
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large, rounded usually articular end of a bone
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HEAD
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long, straight section between the ends of a long bone
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SHAFT/DIAPHYSIS
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end portion or extremity of a long bone that is expanded for articulation
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EPIPHYSIS
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section of bone between the head and the shaft
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NECK
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bony thickening
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TORUS
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linear bony elevation, often roughened
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RIDGE
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prominent, usually sharp and thin ridge of bone often formed between adjacent muscle masses
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CREST
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rasied linear surface (not as thick as a torus or as sharp as a crest)
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LINE
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hook-shaped projection
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HAMULUS
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small articular surface, or a tooth contact
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FACET
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depressed area, usually broad and shallow
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FOSSA
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pit-like, depressed area, usually smaller than a fossa
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FOVEA
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long pit or furrow
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GROOVE
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long, wide groove
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SULCUS
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space between cranial bones of an infant
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FONTANELLE
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where adjacent bones of the skull articulate
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SUTURE
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opening through a bone, usually a passage for blood vessels and nerves
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FORAMEN
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tunnel-like, extended foramen
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CANAL
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short canal
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MEATUS
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cavity within a cranial bone
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SINUS
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tooth socket
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ALVEOLUS
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