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17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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trochanter |
large, rough projection |
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tuberosity |
smaller, rough projection |
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tubercle |
small, rounded projection |
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spine |
pointed projection |
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line |
low ridge |
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crest |
prominent ridge |
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openings |
allow the passage of vessels and nerves |
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depressions |
-house/protect a structure like the pituitary gland -allow a full range of motion at a joint like the olecranon fossa of the elbow |
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foramen (pl. foramina) |
a hole which transmits vessels or nerves
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fossa (pl. fossae) |
a shallow, rounded depression where something sits or projects into |
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groove/sulcus |
a long, narrow depression |
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canal |
a longer enclosed passageway through a bone which transmits vessels or nerves |
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alveolus |
the socket into which a tooth fits (found only in the maxilla and mandible) |
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facet |
-associated with joints -a small, flat articular surface -where two or more bones touch |
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condyle |
-associated with joints -a smooth, rounded articular process -at the ends of some of the long bones
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head |
-associated with joints -expanded articular region of a bone -ex. femur and humerus |
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neck |
-associated with joints -a constricted region that separates the head from the major portion of the bone |
