Skeletal System 2 Flashcards by Queen Isis Merck | Brainscape

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A small, flat, shallow, articulation surface

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Facet

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A narrow slit-like opening through a bone

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Fissure

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A rounded passageway through a bone

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Foramen

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A flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

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A small pit or depression

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Fovea

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Shaped like a shallow socket

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Glenoid

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A prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Head

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A gap

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Hiatus

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A thin, flat plate

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Lamina

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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

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Line

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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

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Malleolus

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Breast-shaped

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Mastoid

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A passageway through a bone

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Meatus

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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

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A indentation or V-shaped depression

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Notch

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Associated with a the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

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A supporting column or stalk

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Pedicle

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Like a rock

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Petrous

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A projection, a bony prominence

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Process

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A high place

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Pterygoid

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

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Ramus

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A partition

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Septum

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A cavity or hollow space in a bone

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Sinus

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A pointed, slender process

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Spine

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Flat, scalelike

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Squamous

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Pointed, pen linke

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Styloid

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A narrow groove

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Sulcus

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The line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

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Trochlea

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A small, round projection

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Tubercle

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A large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

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Shaped like a sword

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Xiphoid