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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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The head end

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Cranial or Cephalic

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2
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The belly side

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Ventral

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3
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The back side

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Dorsal

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The upper portion or that which is above

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Superior

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5
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The lower portion or that which is below

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Inferior

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6
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A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions

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Transverse

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7
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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

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Sagittal

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8
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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to decide the body or an organ into right and left halves

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Midsagittal

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9
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A plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions

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Frontal or Coronal

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10
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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Alveolus

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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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Ear shaped

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Auricular

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13
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Cleft into two parts or branches

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Bidfid

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14
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A little head

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Capitulum

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15
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A spiral structure like a seashell

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Concha

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16
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A large smooth rounded articulating oval structure

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Coracoid

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17
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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

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Coronoid

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18
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Associated with or a part of the ribs

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Costal

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19
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A narrow prominent ridgelike projection

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Crest

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20
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Perforated like a sieve

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Cribriform

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21
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Wedge shaped

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Cuneiform

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22
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Half of the facet, part of an articular surface shared by tow adjacent bones

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Demifacet

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23
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The middle portion of a long bone , the shaft

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Diaphysis

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24
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An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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Eminence

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25
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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epicondyle

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26
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The end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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27
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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

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Facet

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28
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a narrow slit-like opening through a bone

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Fissure

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29
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A rounded passageway through a bone

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Foramen

30
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A flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

31
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A small pit or depression

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Fovea

32
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Shaped like shallow socket

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Glenoid

33
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A prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Head

34
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A gap

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Hiatus

35
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A thin, flate plate

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Lamina

36
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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

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Line

37
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A club shaped or hammer shaped process

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Malleolus

38
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Breast shaped

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Mastoid

39
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A passageway through bone

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Meatus

40
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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

41
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An indentation or V-shaped depression

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Notch

42
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Associated with the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

43
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A supporting column or stalk

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Pedicle

44
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Like a rock

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Petrous

45
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A projection; a bony prominence

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Process

46
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A high place

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Promontory

47
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Winglike

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Pterygoid

48
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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

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Ramus

49
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A partition

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Septum

50
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A cavity or hollow space in a bone

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Sinus

51
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A pointed, slender process

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Spine

52
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Flat, scalelike

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Squamous

53
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Pointed, pen-like

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Styloid

54
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A narrow groove

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Sulcus

55
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The line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

56
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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

57
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A smooth grooved pull like articular process

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Trochlea

58
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A small round projection

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Tubercle

59
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A large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

60
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shaped like a sword

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Xiphoid

61
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The forward surface or toward the front

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Anterior

62
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The rear surface or toward the rear

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Posterior

63
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Refers to a location nearer the midline than another location

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Medial

64
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Refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

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Lateral

65
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nearer the main axis of the body, nearer the point of attachment

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Proximal

66
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Away from the main axis of the body or away from the point to of attachment

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Distal

67
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At or near the surface

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Superficial

68
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Away from the surface

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Deep

69
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Descriptive prefix meaning above

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Supra

70
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Descriptive prefix meaning below

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Infra

Human Anatomy Lab (2 decks)

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