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19 Cards in this Set
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Process
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Prominence or Projection
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Sinus
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Cavity within the bone that is filled with air and lined with mucous membranes
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Tubercle
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A small rounded projection
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Foramen
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Round oval opening through a bone
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Ramus
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Arm-like bar of bone
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Spine
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Sharp, slender pointed process
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Epicondyle
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Raised area on or above a condyle
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Groove
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Furrow
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Crest
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Prominent ridge
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Meatus
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Canal-like passage
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Line
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A narrow ridge that is less prominent than the crest
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Head
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Bony expansion carried on a narrowed neck
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Trochanter
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Large, blunt irregular shape process
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Notch
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V-like depression on the edge of a flat surface
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded projection
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Fossa
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Shallow, basin-like depression in a bone that often serves as an articular surface
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Fissure
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Narrow, slit-like opening
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Facet
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A flattened or shallow articulating surface
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Condyle
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A large rounded knob that forms part of a hinge
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