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Glossary of Bone Markings Flashcards

1
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Body

A

main center of bone

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Shaft

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diaphysis of long bones (edges=borders; between borders=surfaces)

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Ramus

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Projection away from body

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4
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Process

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Prominent porjection

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5
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Head

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Enlargement (neck-constricted region below head)

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Condyle

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Rounded articular process

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7
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Facet

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Smooth, flat articular process

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8
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Trochlea

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Pulleyshaped process

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Capitulum

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Rounded articular process

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10
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Malleolus

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Large process of tibia or fibula

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Tubercle

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Small, rounded process

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12
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Tuberosity

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Large tubercle

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13
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Trochanter

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Large process on femur

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14
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Acromion

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Large process on scapula

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15
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Epicondyle

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Process above condyle

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Eminence

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Small prominence

17
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Crest

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Narrow, ridgelike process

18
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Line

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Linear elevation

19
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Spine

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Sharp pointed process

20
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Miscellaneous process

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e.g. styloid process, coracoid process, coronoid process

21
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Fossa

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Depression or pit

22
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Fovea

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Small depression

23
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Acetabbulum

A

Large depression of coxal bone

24
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Notch

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Indentation

25
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Grrove or sulcus

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Long narrow depression

26
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Foramen

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Round or oval opening through a bone

27
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Meatus or canal

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Canal-like passageway

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Fissure

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Narrow, slit-like opening

29
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Sinus or antrum

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Cavity within a bone

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