Bone Markings Flashcards by Madoka O

Q

Condyle

A

Rounded articular (pertaining to joint) projection

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Meatus

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Opening/passage

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Process

A

A projection

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Foramen

A

An opening

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Sinus

A

Mucus lines airfilled space

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Angle

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Landmark location two intersecting borders/lines

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Body

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Largest most important part of any organ

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Crest

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Projecting suture, ridge

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Fissure

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Any cleft, or groove. Slit

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Margin

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An edge or border

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Groove

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Narrow, linear hallow, furrow

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Notch

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Indentation at edge of a structure

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Trochanter

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Broad, flat process on femur. Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped

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Ramus

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Armlike bar

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Trochlea

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Pulley-shaped structure

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Tuberosity

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An elevation

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Tubercle

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Nodule. Small eminence (projection)

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Epicondyle

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Rounded projection above condyle

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Facet

A

Small, flat shallow articulating surfarce

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Fossa

A

Shallow depression in bone

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Line

A

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than crest

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Head

A

Body expansion carried on narrow neck

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Neck

A

Constricted part connecting head and trunk