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Axial Skeleton Flashcards

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1
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the head end

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Cranial/Cephalic

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the tail end

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Caudal

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The belly side

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Ventral

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The back side

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Dorsal

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the upper portion or that which is above

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Superior

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the lower portion or that which is below

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Inferior

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descriptive prefix meaning above

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Supra

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descriptive prefix meaning below

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Infra

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the forward surface or toward the front

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Anterior

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the rear surface or toward the rear

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Posterior

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refers to a location nearer to the midline than another location

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Medial

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refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

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Lateral

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nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment

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Proximal

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away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment

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Distal

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At or near the surface

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Superficial

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Away from the surface

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Deep

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a plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions

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Transverse/Horizontal

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a plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

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Sagittal

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a plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves

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Midsagittal

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a plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal giving dorsal and ventral positions

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Frontal/coronal

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21
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a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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Alveolus

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22
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The junction of two bones

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Articulation

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23
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Ear-shaped

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Auricular

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24
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cleft into two parts or branches

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Bifid

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25
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A little head

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Capitulum

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a spiral structure like a seashell

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Concha

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a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

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Condyle

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Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

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Coracoid

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describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

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Coronoid

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associated with or part of the ribs

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Costal

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a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

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Crest

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Perforated like a sieve

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Cribriform

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Wedge-shaped

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Cuneiform

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half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

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Demifacet

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the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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Diaphysis

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an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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Eminence

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a projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epicondyle

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the end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

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Facet

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a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

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Fissure

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a rounded passageway through a bone

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Foramen

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a flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

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A small pit or depression

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Fovea

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Shaped like a shallow socket

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Glenoid

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a prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Head

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A gap

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Hiatus

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A thin, flat plate

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Lamina

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a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

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Line

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a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

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Malleolus

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Breast-shaped

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Mastoid

51
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a passageway through a bone

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Meatus

52
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a constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

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an indentation or V-shaped depression

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Notch

54
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associated with the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

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a supporting column or stock

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Pedicle

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Like a rock

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Petrous

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a projection; a bony prominence

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Process

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A high place

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Promontory

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Winglike

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Pterygoid

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an angular extension of the bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

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Ramus

61
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A partition

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Septum

62
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A cavity or hollow space in the bone

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Sinus

63
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A pointed slender process

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Spine

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Flat, scale like

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Squamous

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Pointed, pen like

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Styloid

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A narrow groove

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Sulcus

67
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the line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

68
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a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

69
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a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

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Trochlea

70
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a small, round projection

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Tubercle

71
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a large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

72
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Shaped like a sword

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Xiphoid

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