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Bone Surface Features Flashcards

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What are the four basic surface feature categories

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Elevations, depressions, tunnels or passageways, and facets

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What are the types of osseous elevations

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linear, rounded and sharp

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What are the types of osseous linear elevations

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the line, ridge and crest

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What is an example of the slightest type of osseous linear elevation

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transverse lines of sternum

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What are the types of rounded osseous elevations

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tubercle, protuberance, trochanter, tuber or tuberosity, and malleolus

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What is the definition of an osseous malleolus

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a hammerhead-like elevation on the surface of a bone

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What are the categories of sharp osseous elevation

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spine and process

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What is the definition of an osseous process

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a relatively sharp boney projection from the surface of bone with an increased length

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What are the categories of osseous depressions

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linear and rounded depressions

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What are the categories of osseous linear depressions

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notch or incisure, groove and sulcus

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What is the definition of an osseous groove

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a long furrow of variable depth on the surface of bone

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What is the definition of an osseous sulcus

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a wide groove of variable length and depth on the surface of bone

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What are the categories of rounded osseous depressions

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the fovea and fossa

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What is the definition of an osseous fovea

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a shallow depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone

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What is the definition of an osseous fossa

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a deep depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone

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What are the names given to opening on the surface of bone

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ostium or orifice and hiatus

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What is the definition of an osseous hiatus

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an irregular opening on the surface of bone

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What are the names given to osseous ostia which completely penetrate bone

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foramen or canal

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What is the definition of an osseous foramen

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an ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone

20
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What is the definition of an osseous canal

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an ostium passing completely through a thick region of bone

21
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What is the name given to an ostium which does not completely penetrate through a region of bone but appears as a blind ended passageway

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meatus

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What is the definition of an osseous fissure

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an irregular slit-like or crack-like appearance between the surfaces of adjacent bones

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What are the categories of osseous facets

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flat facets and rounded facets

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What are examples of a flat osseous facet

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the articular facets of most zygapophyses of the vertebral colum

25
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What are categories of rounded osseous facets

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articular heads and articular condyles

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What is the definition of an osseous condyle

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a knuckle-shaped surface on bone for osseous articulation

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