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