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Skeletal Meanings Flashcards

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acetabulum

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vinegar cup

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acromium

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shoulder

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appendicular

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appended part

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articular

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junction between two bones

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atlas

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greek god-a pillar

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axial

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axis of a structure

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bifid

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split at its tip

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bursae

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a purse

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calcaneus

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pertains to heel

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cancellous

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lattice-like or reticular

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capitulum

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head-shaped

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carpus

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wrist

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cervical

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neck

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clavicle

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key shaped like an F

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coccyx

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cuckoo bill

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compact bone

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dense

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compound

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two or more parts

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condyloid

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being knuckle like

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cornu

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horn

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corocoid and coronoid

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beak like, crows bill

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costal

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rib

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coxa

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hip

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crista galli

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cocks comb

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cuneiform

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wedge shaped

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depressed

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indented

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deviated septum

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turned aside a partition

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diaphysis

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point of separation

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endochondrial bones

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formed from cartilage

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endosteum

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inside bone

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epiphysis

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an ongrowth

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ethmoid

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sieve form

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femur

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thigh bone

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fibula

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a buckle

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foramen

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opening in bone

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fossa

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trench or channel

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fovea capitis

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depression in a head

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glenoid

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socket form

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gomphosis

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nail or bolt

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hamate

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hooked form

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haversian

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havers

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hematoma

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collection of blood

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hemotopoiesis

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to make blood

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humerus

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upper arm bone

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44
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hyoid

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u shaped

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innominate

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nameless

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46
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intertubercular

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between tubercles

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intramembranous

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within a membrane

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intervertebral

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between vertebrae

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ischium

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hip

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irregular bones

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not the rule

51
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jugular

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neck

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kyphosis

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a hump

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lacrimal

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a lake

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lacuna

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small pit or hollow

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lamina

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thin flat plate or layer

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live

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hepatic

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lordosis

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abnormal concavity

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lumbar

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loin

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macrophages

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large and to eat

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malleolus

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a hammer

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manubrium

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handle-like structure

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marrow

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soft organic tissue

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meatus

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a pathway

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medullary

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innermost

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metacarrpal

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after wrist

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multangular

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having many angles

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navicular

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boat shaped

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obturator

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a disc or plate that closes an opening

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odontoid

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toothlike

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olecranon

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olive like process of ulna

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os coxae

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hip bone

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osteoblast

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primitive bone germ cells

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osteoclast

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break bone

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osteocyte

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imbedded bone cell

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osteon

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bone ending

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patella

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a shallow dish

77
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pathologic

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caused by a morbid condition

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pectoral pertains to chest

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pertains to chest

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pedicle

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foot like process

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pelvis

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an oblong trough

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periosteum

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around bone

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phalanges

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a line or array of soldiers

83
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pisiform

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pea shaped

84
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pollex

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thumb

85
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pubus

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near the pubic bone

86
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radius

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wheel arrangement

87
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ramus

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branch

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sacrum

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sacred

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scapula

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skiff or light boat

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scoliosis

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a twisted curvature

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sella turcica

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turkish saddle

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sesamoid

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sesame seed form

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skull

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cranium

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sphenoid

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wedge shaped

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sternum

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pertains to breast

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styloid

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dagger

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suture

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a seam

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symphyses

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growing together

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synchondrosis

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junction of cartilage

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syndesmoses

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ligament

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tarsal

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frame of wickerwork

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thoracic

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pertains to the chest

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tibia

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pipe or flute

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trabeculae

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supporting network of connecting tissue

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traumatic

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caused by trauma

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trapezoid

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table shaped

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triangular

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three angles

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triquetral

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three cornered

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trochanter

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a large roughened process

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trochlea

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pulley

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tubercle

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roughened elevation or protuberance

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ulna

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the arm

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vertebrae

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bones used to turn

114
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volkmann’s

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a german physiologist

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vomer

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plow share

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wormian

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a danish anatomist

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