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Bone Markings Flashcards

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Tuberosity

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large rounded projection; may be roughened

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Crest

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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Trochanter

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very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (the only examples are on the femur)

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Line

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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Tubercle

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Small rounded projection or process

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Epicondyle

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Raised area on or above a condyle

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Spine

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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Process

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Any bony prominence

*site where muscles and ligaments attach

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Head

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Bony exapsion carried on a narrow

*pojections that help form joints

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Facet

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smooth, nearly flat articular surface

*pojections that help form joints

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Condyle

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rounded articular projection

*pojections that help form joints

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Ramus

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armlike bar of bone

*pojections that help form joints

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Groove

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furrow

*depressions and openings for passage of blood vessels and nerves

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Fissure

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narrow, slit-like opening

*depressions and openings for passage of blood vessels and nerves

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Foramen

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round or oval opening through a bone

*depressions and openings for passage of blood vessels and nerves

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Notch

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indentation at the edge of a structure

*depressions and openings for passage of blood vessels and nerves

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Meatus

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Canal-like passageway

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Sinus

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bone cavity, filled with air and lined with mucous membranes

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Fossa

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shallow basin-like depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface.

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