Bony Landmarks Flashcards by Alejandra Hernandez | Brainscape

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Acromion

A

point

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Apex

A

tip, peak

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Articular surface

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area where a bone joins another

s.a. a joint

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Aspera

A

rough, rough line ON the posterior surface of the femur

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Auricular surface

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like the shape of the EAR

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Bifid

A

split into TWO

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Chondro

A

cartilage

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Condyle

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rounded part at the end of a bone

ex. knuckle

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Coracoid

A

beak

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Costo

A

rib

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Crest

A

ridge or elongated projection

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Facet

A

smooth articular surface

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Foramen

A

opening, hole, or shallow depression

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Fossa

A

shallow depression

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Fovea

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pit

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Glenoid

A

socket

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Linea

A

line

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Malleolus

A

bony part on each side of the angle

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Meta

A

change, or following series

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Obturator

A

close up

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Osteo

A

bone

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Process

A

projection

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Ramus

A

branch of a forked structure

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Retinaculum

A

holds organ in place

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Spine

A

sharp

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sustentacalum

A

supports

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symphysis

A

type of synchondrosis - joint where bones are separated by a disk of fibrocartilage

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Trochanter

A

large blunt process

ex. the two trochanters below the femur neck

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Trochlea

A

SMOOTH articular surface

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Tubercle

A

bump, small tuberosity

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Tuberosity

A

round process, where muscles and ligaments can attach

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epi

A

upon, on the outside

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infra

A

below

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inter

A

b/w

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intra

A

within

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peri

A

around

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supra

A

above