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Skeletal System Vocab Flashcards

1
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alveolus

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a deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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articulation

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the junction of two bones

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auricular

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ear-shaped

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bifid

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cleft into two parts or branches

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5
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canal, meatus

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a passageway through a bone

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capitulum

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a little head

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concha

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a spiral structure like a seashell

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condyle

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a large, smooth, rounding articulating oval structure

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coracoid

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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

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costal

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associated with or a part of the ribs

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crest

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a narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

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13
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cribriform

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perforated like a sieve

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14
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cuneiform

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wedge-shaped

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demifacet

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

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16
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diaphysis

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the middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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17
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eminence

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an elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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18
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epicondyle

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a projection adjacent to a condyle

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epiphysis

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the end of a long bone

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facet

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a small, flat, shallow articulating surface

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fissure

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a narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

22
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foramen

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a rounded passageway through a bone

23
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fossa

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a flattened or shallow depression

24
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fovea

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a small depression

25
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glenoid

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shaped like a shallow socket

26
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head

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a prominent, rounded epiphysis

27
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hiatus

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a gap

28
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lamina

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a thin, flat plate

29
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line

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a low ridge, less prominent than a crest

30
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malleolus

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a club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

31
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mastoid

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breast-shaped

32
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meatus, canal

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a passageway through a bone

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neck

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a constricted portion adjacent to a head

34
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notch

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an indentation or V-shaped depression

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nuchal

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associated with the nape of the neck

36
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pedicle

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a supporting column or stalk

37
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petrous

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like a rock

38
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process

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a projection, a bony prominence

39
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promontory

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a high place

40
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pterygoid

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winglike

41
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ramus

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

42
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septum

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a partition

43
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sinus

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a cavity or hollow space in a bone

44
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spine

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a pointed, slender process

45
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squamous

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flat, scale-like

46
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styloid

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pointed, pen-like

47
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sulcus

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a narrow groove

48
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suture

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the line of union in an immovable articulation

49
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trochanter

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a massive, rough projection found only on the femur

50
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tubercle

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a small, round projection

51
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tuberosity

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a large, rough projection

52
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xiphoid

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shaped like a sword

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