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1
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The head end

A

Cranial
(Cephalic)

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The tail end or for humans our feet (part away from the head )

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Caudal

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3
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The belly side , the whole belly

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Ventral

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The back side, rear side of the body

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Dorsal

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5
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Above

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Superior

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6
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The lower portion or that of which is below

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Inferior

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7
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Descriptive prefix meaning above

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Supra

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Descriptive prefix meaning below

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Infra

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9
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The forward surface or toward the front
For example our kneecap is in the front portion of our body)

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Anterior

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The rear surface or toward the rear
For example, our shoulder blade is located on the back of our surface

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Posterior

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11
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Location near the midline than another location
(Center)

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Medial

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12
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To a location farther from the midline than another location
(Far from middle)

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Lateral

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13
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Nearer the main axis of the body, near the point of attachment

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Proximal

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14
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Away from the main axis of body, or near the point of attachment

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Distal

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15
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At or near the surface

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Superficial

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16
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Away from the surface
For example, your ribs are ___ to your skin

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Deep

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17
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A plane that split the body horizontally that gives us a upper and lower portion of the body

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Transverse (Horizontal)

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18
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Plane that divides the body vertically giving a right and left portion

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Sagittal

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19
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A plane that is sagittal (giving a left and right portion of the body) in equal amount to both sides , directly in the middle

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Midsagittal

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A plane that splits the body in the middle of the skull vertically giving Ventral position and Dorsal

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Frontal (coronal) Plane

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21
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible , the area that ur gum lays on near your teeth

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Alveolus

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22
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The junction of two bones

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Articulation

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23
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Ear-shaped (Outer ear)

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Auricular

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24
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Cleft into 2 parts or branches (divided into 2 equal lobes by a median cleft)

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Bifid

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A little head looking part of a bone (knee caps have capitulum)

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Capitulum

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26
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A spiral structure like a sea shell (nasal, ear ones too)

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Concha

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27
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A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure (large convex projection that usually contacts another bone)

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Condyle

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28
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Describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

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Coracoid

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29
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Describing a triangular projection shaped ending in a sharp point

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Coronoid

30
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Associated with or a part of ribs (central parts of the ribs)

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Costal

31
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A narrow, prominent ridge like projection (roundish top of our pelvis)

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Crest

32
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Perforated like a sieve

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Cribriform

33
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Wedge-shaped (bones located on mid foot )

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Cuneiform

34
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Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by 2 adjacent bones

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Demifacet

35
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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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Diaphysis

36
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An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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Eminence

37
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A projection adjacent to a condyle, served as place of attachment

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Epicondyle

38
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The end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

39
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Small pit or depression

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Fovea

40
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Flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

41
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rounded passageway through the bone

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Foremen

42
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Small, thin, shallow articulating surface

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Facet

43
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Narrow, slit-like opening through the bone

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Fissure

44
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A gap

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Hiatus

45
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Shaped like a shallow socket

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Glenoid

46
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Prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Head

47
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Thin, flat plate

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Lamina

48
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Low ridge, less prominent than a crest

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Line

49
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Hammer shaped process

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Malleolus

50
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Breast-shaped

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Mastoid

51
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Constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

52
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Passageway through a bone

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Meatus

53
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An indentation or V-shaped depression

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Notch

54
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Associated with the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

55
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Supporting column or stalk

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Pedicle

56
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Like a rock

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Petrous

57
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Projection : bony prominence

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Process

58
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High place

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Premontory

59
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Wing like

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Pterygoid

60
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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

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Ramus

61
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A partition

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Septum

62
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A cavity or hallow space in a bone

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Sinus

63
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Pointed, slender process

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Spine

64
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Flat, scale-like

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Squamous

65
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Pointed, pen-like

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Styloid

66
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Narrow groove

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Sulcus

67
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Line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

68
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Massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

69
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Smooth, grooved pulley-like articulation

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Trochlea

70
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Small rounded projection

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Tubercle

71
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Large rough projection

A

Tuberosity

72
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Shaped like a sword

A

Xiphoid

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