Bone Terms Flashcards by Dallas Moss

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Process

A

Prominent projection on a bone

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Tuberosity

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Large roughened process

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Tubercle

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Small process

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Spine

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A pointed slender process

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Styloid

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Stylus like process

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Trochanter

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Large somewhat BLUNT process

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Condyle

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Large smooth round process for articulation

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Facet

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Small, nearly flat surface fir articulation

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Angle

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A projecting or sharp CORNER

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BORDER

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OUTER part or EDGE

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BORDER

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OUTER part or EDGE

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Canal

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Tubular channel or passageway

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Crest

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Elongated prominence

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Epicondyle

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Smaller condyle or process above a condyle

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Facet

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Small nearly flat articular surface

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Fissure

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Narrow slit

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Fossa

A

Shallow Depression

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Foramen

A

Hole or opening in which vessels go through

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Foramen

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Hole or opening in which vessels go through

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Foramen

A

Hole or opening in which vessels go through

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Fovea

A

Rounded depression or pit

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Groove

A

Elongated depression

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Head

A

Enlargement of the end of the bone

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Line

A

Less prominent ridge

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Linea

A

A NARROW ridge

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Meatus

A

Tube like structure WITHIN a bone

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Notch

A

Indentation in a bone

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Ramus

A

Structure given off from a larger bone

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Sinus

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Hollow cavity within a bone