152 Flashcards
Fracture that does not break through the skin
Closed
Serious fracture in which bones are not in an atomic alignment
Displaced
Fracture in which bone retains its normal alignment
Non displaced
Serious fracture in which broken bones or bone project through skin
Open
Cleft or deep groove
Fissure
Pit, fovea, or hollow space
Fossa
Shallow linear channel
Groove
Recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space such as recess or groove in bone, as used to designate channel for venous blood on inner surface of cranium. Air cavity in bone or hollow space in other tissue . Fistula or suppurating channel in soft tissue
Sinus
Indentation into border of a bone
Notch
Furrow, trench, or fissure like depression
Sulcus
Hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves
Foramen
Tube like passageway running within a bone
Meatus
Rounded process at an articular extremity
Condyle
Expanded end of a long bone
Head
Less prominent ridge than a crest; a linear elevation
Line
Sharp process
Spine
Club shaped process
Mallelous
Small rounded and elevated process
Tubercle
Ridge like process
Crest
Beak like or crown like process
Coracoid or coronoid
Small smooth surfaced process for articulation with another structure
Facet
Large rounded and elevated process
Tuberosity
Hook shaped process
Hamulus
Projecting part or prominence
Protuberance
Projection above a condyle
Epicondyle
Long pointed process
Styloid
Either of two large rounded and elevated processes located at junction of neck and shaft of femur
Trochanter
Horn like process on a bone
Horn
Extend beyond or project out from the main body of a bone
Process or projections
Refers to forward or or front part of body or forward part of organ
Anterior (ventral)
Refers to back part of body or organ (note however that the superior surface of the foot is referred to as its dorsal surface)
Posterior (dorsal)
Refers to parts away from the head of the body
Caudad
Refers to parts toward the head of the body
Cephalad
Refers to nearer the feet or situated below
Inferior
Refers to nearer the head or situated above
Superior
Refers to middle area or main part of an organ
Central
Refers to part at or near the surface, edge, or outside of another body part
Peripheral
Refers to part or parts on opposite side of body
Contralateral
Refers to part or parts on same side of body
Ipsilateral
Refers to parts away from median plane of body or away from the middle of another body part to the right or left
Lateral
Refers to parts toward median plane of body or toward the middle of another body part
Medial
Refers to parts far from the surface
Deep
Refers to parts near skin or surface
Superficial
Refers to parts farthest from point of attachment, point of reference, origin, or beginning; away from center of body
Distal