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Bone Markings Flashcards

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Fissure

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Narrow Slit

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Foramen

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Hole for nerves, blood vessels

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Fossa

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Cuplike depression

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Sulcus

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long trench on bone surface, contains a nerve or blood vessel

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5
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Meatus

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tubelike opening

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Processes

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projection or outgrowth on bone for attatchment

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Condyle

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smoothened process at end of bone, forms a joint

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Facet

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smooth flat surface, forms a joint

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Head

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rounded condyle on a neck, forms a joint

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Crest

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prominent ridge or projection, for attachment of connective

tissues

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Epicondyle

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projection above a condyle, for attachment of connective tissues

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Line

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long, narrow ridge (less prominent than a crest), for attachment of connective tissues

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Spinous process

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sharp, slender projection, for attachment of connective tissues

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Trochanter

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process of the femur, for attachment of connective tissues

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Tubercle

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process of the humerus, for attachment of connective tissues

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Tuberosity

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roughening on a bone surface, for attachment of connective tissues.

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