Terminology bone parts Flashcards
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Trochanter
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Important attachment sites on the femur - greater and lesser trochanter of femur
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Tuberosity
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Larger prominence on a bone, serving for attachment of muscles and ligaments (tibial tuberosity)
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Tubercle
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A tubercle isa small rounded point of a bone. Less often, it refers to a nodule attached to bone, mucous membrane (moist layer lining parts of the body), or skin. greater and lesser femoral tubercles
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Tuberositas
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Very small tuberosity
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Processus
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Bony eminence - outgrowth of tissue from a larger body. spinous processes, transverse processes
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Condyle
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Round end of bone
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Crest / Crista
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Ridge, edge
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Foramen
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an opening that allows the passage of structures from one region to another - vertebral foramen (abe s edna duma dupka)
