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50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Coronal |
Front from back |
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Transverse |
Top from bottom |
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Sagittal |
Left from right |
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Anterior |
Front |
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Posterior |
Back |
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Cranial |
Towards the head |
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Caudial |
Towards the butt |
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Superior |
Above |
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Inferior |
Below |
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Lateral |
Away from the sagittal line |
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Medial |
Towards the sagittal line |
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Distal |
Away from midline |
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Proximal |
Towards the midline |
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External |
Outside |
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Labial |
Outside teeth, from canines to incisors. |
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Buccal |
Outside teeth from molars back |
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Lingual |
Inside teeth (tongue side) |
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Dental arcade |
Following the curve of the teeth |
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Process |
Localized projection |
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Spine |
Elongated projection |
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Tubercle |
Small rounded elevation |
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Tuberosity |
Large rounded elevation |
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Trochanter |
Tuberosity on the femur |
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Lip (margin) |
Edge of a raised surface |
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Condyle |
Knuckle like projection |
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Ridge |
Rough, narrow elevation |
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Head |
End of a long bone |
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Plate |
Thin projection |
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Crest |
Sharp raised line projection generally caused by two muscles pulling in opposite directions |
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Line |
Low narrow ridge |
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Torus |
Thickened area of bone |
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Foramen |
An opening in bone made for blood vessels |
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Meatus |
Chasm like groove, wide short canal |
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Furrow/Groove |
A long pit |
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Fossa |
Broad depressed area |
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Acetabulum |
Socket for a bone (only one in humans) |
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Phobia/Pit |
Very slight, small depression |
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Notch |
Deep cut on the edge of something |
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Canal |
Tube like extension |
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Plane |
Flat, featureless surface |
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Suture |
Area where bones meet in the skull |
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Epiphysis |
Where parts of long bone fuse at growth plates |
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Shaft |
Long part of the long bone |
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Sinus |
Open space inside of bone |
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Dorsal |
Back referring to whole bodies |
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Ventral |
Front referring to whole bodies |
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Gliding joints |
When bones meet flat surfaces and allow for bones to glide past one another |
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Ball and socket |
Shoulder and hip joints allow for great movement (see glenoid fossa) |
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Hinge joints |
Such as the elbow and knee, all for movement in one direction |
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Saddle joint |
Such as in the thumb, allows for 360° of rotation |