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Description
Flashcards by Maya Jamaleddine, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maya Jamaleddine
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Tuberosity | Large rounded projection May be roughened |
| Crest | Narrow ridge of bone Usually prominent |
| Trochanter | Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process (only on femur) |
| Line | Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest |
| Tubercule | Small rounded projection or process |
| Epicondyle | Raised area on/above a condyle |
| Spine | Sharp, slender, often pointed projection |
| Process | Any body prominence |
| Head | body expansion carried on a narrow neck |
| Facet | smooth, nearly flat articular surface |
| Condyle | rounded |
| Ramus | Armlike bar of bone |
| Meatus | canal-like passageway |
| Sinus | Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lines with mucus membrane |
| Fossa | shallow, basin-like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface |
| Grove | Furrow |
| Fissure | narrow, slit-like opening |
| Foramen | Round or oval opening through a bone |
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