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Unit 2 Bones Flashcards

1
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Body

A

Main portion

Body of mandible

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2
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Head

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Enlarged (often rounded) end

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3
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Neck

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Constricted area (between head/body)

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4
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Margin

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Border edge

Supra orbital margin

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5
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Angle

A

Bend

Angle of mandible

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Ramus

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Branch off the body (beyond the angle)

Ramus of mandible

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7
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Condyle

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Smooth, rounded articulate surface

Condyle of mandible

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Facet

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Small, flattened articular surface

Occipital facet

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9
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Suture

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Where bonds grow together

Sagittal suture
Coronal suture
Squamosal suture
Lambdoid suture

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10
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Fontanelle

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Baby skull

Sphenoid fontanelle
Anterior fontanelle
Posterior fontanelle
Mastoid fontanelle

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11
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Line or lines

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Low ridge

Superior nochal line
Inferior nochal line

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12
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Crest or crista

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Prominent ridge

Frontal crest
Crista galli

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13
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Spine

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Very high ridge

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14
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Process

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Prominent projection

Styloid process
Maxilla process
Mandible process
Condyler process

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15
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Tubercle

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Small, round process

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16
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Tuberosity

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Tuber knoblike process

Usually larger than tubercle

17
Q

Trochanter

A

Large tuberosity found only in the proximal femur

18
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Epicondyle

A

Near or above a condyle

19
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Lingual

A

Flat, tongue-shaped process

20
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Hamulus

A

Hook-shaped process

21
Q

Cornu

A

Horn-shaped process

22
Q

Protuberance

A

External occipital

23
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Foreman

A

Hole

Mental foreman
Mastoid foreman 
Ovale foreman 
Stylomastoid foreman 
Infraorbital foreman
Optic foreman 
Mandibular foreman
Rotumdum foreman
Jugular foreman
24
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Nutrient foreman

A

Conveys blood vessels supplying bone itself

25
Q

Canal or metus

A

Tunnel

External acoustic meatus
Carotid canal
Hypoglossal canal

26
Q

Fissure

A

Cleft

Superior orbital fissure
Inferior orbital fissure

27
Q

Sinus

A

Cavity or labyrinth cavity

Ethmoid cavity
Maxillary cavity
Mastoid cavity

28
Q

Fossa

A

General term for a depression

Jugular fossa
Mandibular fossa
Inclusive fossa
Hypophyseal fossa

29
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Impression

A

Indentation made by a specific structure

Cerebellar impression

30
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Notch

A

Depression in the margin of a bone

Supraorbital notch
Frontal notch

31
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Fovea

A

Little pit

32
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Groove or sulcus

A

Deeper, narrow depression

Superior sulci 
Sagittal sulci
Chiasmatic sulci
Transverse sulci 
Sigmoid sulci

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