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Terminology Flashcards

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Fissure

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Narrow split like opening

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Foramen

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Hole in bone

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Sinus

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bone cavity filled with air lined with mucous membrane

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Tuberosity

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large round projection

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Trochanter

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large blunt irregular shaped process (femur only)

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Tublercle

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small rounded projection

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Ramus

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arm like bone

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Facel

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smooth nearly flat articulation surface

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Meatus

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Canal like passage

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Fossa

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shallow depression in bone serving as an articulation surface

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process

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sticking out from bone for muscle attachment

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condyle

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rounded articulation projection (joint)

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epicondyle

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rise above or on a condyle

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lina

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narrow ridge of bone (muscle attachment)

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crest

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narrow ridge of bone

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