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Chapter 15: Specific Bones Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Acetabular

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Pertaining to the acetabulum (hip socket)

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Calcaneal

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Pertaining to the calcanueus (heal bone

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Carpal

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Pertaining to the wrist bones

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Supraclavicular

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Pertaining to above the collar bone

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Subcostal

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Pertaining to below the ribs

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Chondrocostal

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Pertaining to the cartilage attached to the ribs

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Craniotomy

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Incision of the skull

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Craniotome

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Instrument to cut the skull

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Femoral

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Pertaining to the thigh bone

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Fibular

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Pertaining to the smaller of the two lower leg bones

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Humeral

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Pertaining to the upper arm bone

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Iliac

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Pertaining to the ilium

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Ischial

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Pertaining to the ischium (lower and posterior part of the hip bone)

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Malleolar

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Pertaining to the malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

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Mandibular

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Pertaining to the lower jaw bone

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Maxillary

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Pertaining to the upper jaw bone

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Metacarpectomy

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Removal of hand bones

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Metatarsalgia

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Pain of the foot bones

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Olecranal

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Pertaining to the lower elbow

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Patelar

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Pertaining to the kneecap

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Pelvimetry

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Measurement of the proportions of the pelvic bone (before child birth)

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Peroneal

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Pertaining to the fibula

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Phalangeal

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Pertaining to the ginger bones

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Pubic

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Pertaining to the pubis (anterior portion of the hip bones)

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Radial

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Pertaining to the lateral lower arm bone

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Scapular

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Pertaining to the shoulder bone

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Sternal

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Pertaining to the breast bone

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Tarsectomy

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Removal of ankle bones

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Tibial

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Pertaining to the tibia

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Ulnar

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Pertaining to the medial lower arm bone

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