Skeletal system vocab

Question 1

alveolus

Answer 1

a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

Question 2

articulation

Answer 2

the junction of two bones

Question 3

auricular

Answer 3

ear-shaped

Question 4

bifid

Answer 4

cleft into two parts or branches

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capitulum

Answer 5

a little head

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concha

Answer 6

a spiral structure like a seashell

Question 7

condyle

Answer 7

a large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

Question 8

coracoid

Answer 8

describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

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Coronoid

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describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

Question 10

costal

Answer 10

associated with or a part of the ribs

Question 11

crest

Answer 11

a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

Question 12

Cribiform

Answer 12

perforated like a sieve

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cuneiform

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wedge-shaped

Question 14

demifacet

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half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

Question 15

diaphysis

Answer 15

the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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eminence

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an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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epicondyle

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a projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 18

epiphysis

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the end of a long bone

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facets

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a small, flat, shallow, articulating surface

Question 20

fissure

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a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

Question 21

foramen

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a rounded passageway through a bone

Question 22

fossa

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a flattened or shallow depression

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fovea

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a small pit or depression

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glenoid

Answer 24

shaped like a shallow socket

Question 25

head

Answer 25

a prominent, rounded epiphysis

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hiatus

Answer 26

a gap

Question 27

lamina

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a thin, flat plate

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line

Answer 28

a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

Question 29

malleolus

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a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

Question 30

mastoid

Answer 30

breast-shaped

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meats

Answer 31

a passageway through a bone

Question 32

neck

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a constricted portion adjacent to a head

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notch

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an indendation or V-shaped depression

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nuchal

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associated with the nape of the neck

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pedicle

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a supporting column or stalk

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process

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a projection, a bony prominence

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promontory

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a high place

Question 38

pterygoid

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winglike

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ramus

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

Question 40

septum

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a partition

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sinus

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a cavity or hollow space in the bone

Question 42

spine

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a pointed, slender process

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squamous

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flat, scalelike

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styloid

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pointed, pen-like

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sulcus

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a narrow groove

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suture

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the line of union in an immovable articulation

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trochanter

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a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Question 48

trochlea

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a smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

Question 49

tubercle

Answer 49

a small round projection

Question 50

tuberosity

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a large rough projection

Question 51

xyphoid

Answer 51

shaped like a sword