Bone Terminology Flashcards
1
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Canal-like passageway
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Meatus
2
Q
Round or oval opening through a bone
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Foramen
3
Q
Furrow
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Groove
4
Q
Rounded Articular Projection
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Condyle
5
Q
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Head
6
Q
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
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Spine
7
Q
Small Rounded projection or process
A
Tubercle
8
Q
Very large blunt irregularly shaped process on femur
A
Trochanter
9
Q
Large rounded projection may be roughened
A
Tuberosity
10
Q
Cavity within a bone filled with air and lined with a mucus membrane.
A
Sinus
11
Q
Shallow basinlike depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface.
A
Fossa
12
Q
Indentation at the edge of a structure
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Notch
13
Q
Narrow slitlike opening
A
Fissure
14
Q
Armlike bar of bone
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Ramus
15
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Smooth nearly flat articular surface
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Facet
