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Skeletal System Terminology Flashcards

1
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Articulation

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Joint

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2
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Brachium

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Upper Arm

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Antebrachium

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Lower Arm

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Costa

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Rib

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5
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Suture

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Fibrous Joint Between Flat Bone of Skull

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Pollex

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Thumb

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Hallux

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Big Toe

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8
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Alveolus

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Tooth Socket

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9
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Auricular

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Shaped Like a External Ear

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Condyle

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Round, Convex Projection (Joint Formation)

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Conoid

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Shaped like a Cone (site of muscle)

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12
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Coronoid

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Hooked or Curved (site of muscle)

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Crest

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Prominent Narrow Ridge of Bone

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Epicondyle

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Elevated area above a condyle (site of muscle)

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Facet

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Flat, Smooth Articular Surface

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Fissure

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Narrow, Usually Long, Slit-Like Opening (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)

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Foramen/ Foramina

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Round or Oval Opening Through a Bone (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)

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Fossa

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Shallow Depression (site of muscle) (Joint Formation)

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Groove

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Narrow Channel (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)

20
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Head

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Round, Expanded, Structure Supported on Neck (Joint Formation)

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Line

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Narrow Ridge of Bone, Less Prominent Than a Crest (site of muscle)

22
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Meatus

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Canal (Passageway for Nerves, BV, or Ducts)

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Process

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Projection (Often Articulates with Bone it is Named After)

24
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Ramus

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Arm Like Projection (Joint Formation)

25
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Sinus

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Air Filled Cavity

26
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Spine

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Sharp Pointed, Slender Process (site of muscle)

27
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Styloid

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Needle Like

28
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Sulcus/ Sulci

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Groove or Furrow

29
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Trochanter

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Large, Irregularly Shaped Projection (site of muscle)

30
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Trochlea

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Resembles a Pulley (Joint Formation)

31
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Tubercle

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Small, Rounded Projection (site of muscle)

32
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Tuberosity

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Large elevated, Rounded Projection with a Roughed Surface (site of muscle)

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