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Axial Skeleton Vocabulary Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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Cranial or Cephalic

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the head end

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Caudal

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the tail end

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3
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Ventral

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the belly side

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Dorsal

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the back side

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5
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Superior

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the upper portion

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Inferior

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the lower portion

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Supra

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prefix meaning above

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Infra

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prefix meaning below

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Anterior

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forward surface/toward front

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Posterior

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the rear surface

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Medial

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midline

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12
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Lateral

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farther from midline

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13
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Proximal

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nearer main axis of body

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14
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Distal

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Away from main axis

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15
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Superficial

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near or at the surface

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16
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Deep

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away from the surface

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17
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Transverse or horizontal

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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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18
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Sagittal

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

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19
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Midsagittal

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

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20
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Front or Coronal

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

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21
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Alveolus

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a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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22
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Articulation

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the junction of two bones

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23
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Auricular

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ear-shaped

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24
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Bifid

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cleft into two parts or branches

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25
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Capitulum

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a little head

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26
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Concha

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a spiral structure like a seashell

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27
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Condyle

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a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

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28
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Coracoid

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describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

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Coronoid

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describing a triangular projection ending in sharp point

30
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Costal

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associated with or part of the ribs

31
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Crest

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a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

32
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Cribriform

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perforated like a sieve

33
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Cuneiform

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wedge-shaped

34
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Demifacet

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

35
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Diaphysis

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the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

36
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Eminence

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an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

37
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Epicondyle

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a projection adjacent to a condyle

38
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Epiphysis

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the end of a long bone

39
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Facet

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a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

40
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Fissure

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a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

41
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Foramen

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a rounded passageway through a bone

42
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Fossa

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a flattened or shallow depression

43
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Fovea

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a small pit or depression

44
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Glenoid

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shaped like a shallow socket

45
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Head

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a prominent, rounded epiphysis

46
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Hiatus

47
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Lamina

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a thin, flat plate

48
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Line

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a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

49
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Malleolus

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a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

50
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Mastoid

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breast-shaped

51
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Meatus

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a passageway through a bone

52
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Neck

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a constricted portion adjacent to a head

53
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Notch

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an indentation or V-shaped depression

54
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Nuchal

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associated with the nape of the neck

55
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Pedicle

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a supporting column or stalk

56
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Petrous

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like a rock

57
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Process

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a projection; a bony prominence

58
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Promontory

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a high place

59
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Pterygoid

60
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Ramus

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

61
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Septum

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a partition

62
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Sinus

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a cavity or hollow space in a bone

63
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Spine

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a pointed, slender process

64
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Squamous

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flat, scalelike

65
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Styloid

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pointed, pen-like

66
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Sulcus

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a narrow groove

67
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Suture

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the line of union in an immovable articulation

68
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Trochanter

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a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

69
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Trochlea

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a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

70
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Tubercle

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a small, round projection

71
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Xiphoid

A

shaped like a sword

Bio 271 Lab (2 decks)

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