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LAB - Post-cranial Skeleton Flashcards

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Tuberosity

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large rounded projection; may be roughened

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Crest

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narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

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trochanter

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very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

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Line

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narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than a crest

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Tubercle

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small rounded projection or process

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Epicondyle

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raised area on or above a condyle

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Spine

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sharp, slender, often pointed projection

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Process

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any bony prominence

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Head

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Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

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Facet

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smooth, nearly flat articular surface

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Condyle

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rounded articular projection

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Ramus

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armlike bar of bone

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Meatus

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canal-like passageway

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Sinus

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cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

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Fossa

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shallow, basinlike depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface

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Groove

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furrow

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Fissure

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narrow, slitlike opening

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Foramen

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round or oval opening through a bone

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neural spine

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zygosphene

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zygosphene

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prezygapophysis

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neural canal

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postzygapophysis

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zygantrum

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Identify - what other structure is present?

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dorsal carapace with keratinized epidermal plates

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ventral plastron

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keeled sternum

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What is the function of the keel on the sternum of birds?

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muscle attachment

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unicate processes

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synsacrum

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cervical vertebrae

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thoracic vertebrae

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What region is this and what is at the end (hard to see in the picture?

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caudal bones with pygostyle (final fused caudal bones)

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spinous process

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transverse process

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vertebral arch

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body

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vertebral foramen

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superior articular process and facet

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body

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superior articular facet

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inferior articular process

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superior articular process

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inferior articular process

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46
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spinous process

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47
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intervertebral disc

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transverse process

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What are the 2 unique features of cervical vertebrae?

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  1. transverse foramen
  2. bifid spinous process
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Identify vertebra

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cervical

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Identify vertebra

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thoracic

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52
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Identify vertebra

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lumbar

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53
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anterior tubercle (atlas)

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54
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superior articular facet (atlas)

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transverse process (atlas)

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transverse foramen (atlas)

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posterior tubercle (atlas)

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dens (axis)

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superior articular facet (axis)

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transverse foramen (axis)

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transverse process (axis)

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spinous process (axis)

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sacral canal

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superior articular facet

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sacral foramina

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sacral hiatus

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67
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coccygeal cornu

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68
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coccyx

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69
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sacral cornu

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70
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Identify bone & parts

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Rib bone
A- articular facet for vertebral bodies
B- articular facet for transverse process

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71
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sternal notch

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72
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clavicular notch

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costal notch

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75
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Identify bone and parts

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sternum
A- body
B- xiphoid process

76
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costal cartilage

77
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floating ribs (11-12)

78
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A- true ribs (1-7)
B- false ribs (8-12)

79
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What features distinguish between true, false, and floating ribs?

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true - attach around front to sternum
false - do not attach to sternum, but come around front
floating ribs - do not come around to front

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How many ribs do humans have total? What number does this match in thorax?

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twelve - same amount as thorax (12)

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86
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tibiofibula

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90
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Identify bone & parts

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clavicle
A- acromial end (faces down)
B- sternal end

91
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Identify A-E

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A- 4th & 2nd metacarpals
B- 3rd metacarpal
C- proximal phalanx
D- medial phalanx
E- distal phalanx

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93
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coracoid process

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suprascapular notch

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superior border

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superior angle

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medial border

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lateral border

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glenoid cavity

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superior angle

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superior border

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suprascapular notch

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coracoid process

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105
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glenoid cavity

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lateral border

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inferior angle

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medial border

109
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What is the function of the deltoid tuberosity?

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point of attachment for tendons of deltoid

110
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What fits into the olecranon fossa?

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the olecranon of the ulna

111
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greater tubercle (humerus)

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lesser tubercle (humerus)

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intertubercular sulcus (humerus)

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anatomical neck (humerus)

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surgical neck (humerus)

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deltoid tuberosity (humerus)

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shaft (humerus)

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radial fossa (humerus)

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lateral epicondyle (humerus)

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capitulum (humerus)

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trochlea (humerus)

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medial epicondyle (humerus)

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coronoid fossa (humerus)

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deltoid tuberosity (humerus)

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olecranon fossa (humerus)

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medial epicondyle (humerus)

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trochlea (humerus)

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lateral epicondyle (humerus)

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olecranon (ulna)

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head (radius)

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trochlear notch (ulna)

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coronoid process (ulna)

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radial tuberosity (radius)

134
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What bone is this?

135
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What bones is this?

136
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styloid process (radius)

137
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styloid process (ulna)

138
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Identify regions of hand bones (A-D)

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A- carpals (distal row)
B- carpals (proximal row)
C- metacarpals
D- phalanges of digits

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Phalanges digits (A-C)

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A- proximal phalanx
B- middle phalanx
C- distal phalanx

140
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Identify A&B

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A- radius
B- ulna

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147
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triquetrum

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149
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greater trochanter (femur)

150
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neck (femur)

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head (with articular cartilage)(femur)

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fovea (femur)

153
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lesser trochanter (femur)

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shaft (femur)

155
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patellar surface (femur)

156
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lateral epicondyle (femur)

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lateral condyle (femur)

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medial condyle (femur)

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medial epicondyle (femur)

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linea aspera (femur)

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intercondylar fossa (femur)

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Identify (A-I)

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A- fovea
B- greater trochanter
C- lesser trochanter
D- linea aspera
E- medial epicondyle
F- medial condyle
G- intercondylar fossa
H- lateral condyle
I- lateral epicondyle

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Identify bone & parts A-D

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fibula
A- head
B- neck
C- fibula
D- lateral malleolus

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Identify bone & parts A-G

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tibia
A- lateral condyle
B- intercondylar eminence
C- medial condyle
D- tibial tuberosity
E- anterior crest
F- tibia
G- medial malleolus

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interosseous borders

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distal phalanx

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middle phalanx

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proximal phalanx

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metatarsal

170
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lateral cuneiform

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articular surface for tibia

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intermediate cuneiform

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medial cuneiform

178
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A- lateral condyle
B- lateral meniscus
C- lateral (fibular) collateral ligament
D- fibula
E- posterior cruciate ligament
F- medial condyle
G- medial meniscus
H- anterior cruciate ligament
I- medial (tibial) collateral ligament
J- tibia

179
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hyoid bone

180
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patellar bone

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