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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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Alveolus

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2
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The midline portion of a long bone, the shaft

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Diaphysis

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3
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an elevation or projection especially on a bone

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Eminence

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4
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A prominent , rounded epiphysis

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Head

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5
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a little head

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Capitulum

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6
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Associated w/ or a part of the ribs

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Costal

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7
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a narrow , prominent ridge like projection

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Crest

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8
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Half of a facet , part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

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Demifacet

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9
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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epicondyle

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10
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Ear shaped

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Auricular

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11
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the junction of two bones

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articulation

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12
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A rounded passageway through a bone

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Foramen

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13
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Wedge - shaped

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Cuneiform

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14
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Describing a triangle projection ending in a sharp point

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Coronoid

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15
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Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

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Coracoid

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16
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A large , smooth rounded articulating oval structure

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Condyle

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17
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A spiritual structure like a seashell

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Concha

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18
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A flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

19
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Like a rock

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Petrous

20
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a supporting column or stalk

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Pedicle

21
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Associated w/ the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

22
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An indentation or v shaped depression

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Notch

23
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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

24
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A passage way through a bone

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Meatus

25
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Breast shaped

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Mastoid

26
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a club shaped or hammer shaped process

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Malleolus

27
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A low ridge less prominent than a crest

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Line

28
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a thin flat plate

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Lamina

29
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A small pit of depression

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Fovea

30
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The end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

31
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A small , flat, shallow articulating surface

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Facet

32
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A gap

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Hiatus

33
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Winglike

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Pterygoid

34
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Flat, Scalelike

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Squamous

35
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Smooth , grooved pulley like articular process

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Trochlea

36
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A narrow slit-like opening through a bone

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Fissure

37
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Shaped like a shallow socket

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Glenoid

38
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A small , round projection

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Tubercle

39
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Performed like a sieve

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Cribriform

40
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A narrow groove

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Sulcus

41
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Cleft into two parts or branches

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Bifid

42
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a large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

43
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A massive , rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

44
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The line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

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