Chapter 7 Bone Features Flashcards
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i. Body
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- Main part
2
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ii. Head
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- Enlarged, often rounded end
3
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iii. Neck
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- Constriction between head and body
4
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iv. Margin, border
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- Edge
5
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v. Angle
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- Bend
6
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vi. Ramus
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- Branch off the body beyond the angle
7
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vii. Condyle
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- Smooth, rounded articular surface
8
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viii. Facet
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- Small, flattened articular surface
9
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i. Line, linea
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- Low ridge
10
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ii. Crest, crista
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- Prominent ridge
11
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iii. Spine
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- Very high ridge
12
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i. Process
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- Prominent projection
13
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ii. Tubercle
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- Small rounded bump
14
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iii. Tuberosity, tuber
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- Knob; larger than a tubercle
15
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iv. Trochanter
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- Tuberosity on the proximal femur
16
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v. Epicondyle
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- Upon a condyle
17
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vi. Lingual
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- Flat, tongue-shaped process
18
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vii. Hamulus
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- Hook-shaped process
19
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viii. Cornu
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- Horn-shaped process
20
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i. Foramen
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- Hole
21
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ii. Canal, meatus
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- Tunnel
22
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iii. Fissure
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- Cleft
23
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iv. Sinus, labyrinth
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- Cavity
24
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i. Fossa
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- General term for a depression
25
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ii. Notch
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- Depression in the margin of a bone
26
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iii. Fovea
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- Little pit
27
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iv. Groove, ulcus
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- Deep, narrow depression
