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50 Cards in this Set
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Fissure
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narrow slit btwn adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels/nerves pass
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Foramen
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Opening through which blood vessels/nervs pass
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Fossa
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shallow depression
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Sulcus
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furrow along a bone surface that accommodates blood vessel, nerves, tendons
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Meatus
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Tubelike Opening
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Condyle
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Lg round protuberance @the end of a bone
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Facet
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smooth flat articular surface
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Head
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Rounded articular projection supported on neck of bone
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crest
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Prominent ridge or elongated projection
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Epicondyle
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Projection above a condyle
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Line
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Long, narrow ridge or border (less prominent that crest)
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Spinous process
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Sharp sleder projection
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Trochanter
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Very lg projection
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Tubercle
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Small rounded projection
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Tuberosity
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lg rounded usually roghened projection
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Rectus
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Parallel to middle
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Transverse
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Perpendicular to midline
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Oblique
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Diagonal to midline
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Maximus
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Largest
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Medius
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Intermediate
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Minimus
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smalles
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Longus
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Long
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Brevis
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Short
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Latissimus
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Widest
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Longissimus
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Longest
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Magnus
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large
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Major
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Larger
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Minor
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smaller
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Vastus
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huge
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Deltoid
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Triangular
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Trapezius
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Trapazoid
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Serratis
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saw toothed
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Rhomboid
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Diamond shaped
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Orbicularis
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Circular
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Pectinate
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Comblike
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Piriformis
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Pear shape
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Platys
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Flat
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Quadratus
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Square; four sided
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Gracillis
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Slender
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Flexor
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Decreases a joint angle
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Extensor
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Increases joint angle
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Abductor
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moves bone away from midline
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Adductor
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moves bone closer to midline
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Levator
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Raises/ elevates body part
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depressor
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lowers depresses body part
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Supinator
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turns palm anteriorly
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Pronator
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Turns palm posteriorly
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Sphincter
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decrease size of opening
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Tensor
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make body part rigid
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Rotator
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rotates bones around its longitudinal axis
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