Terminology Flashcards by Faye Sitron

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Plate

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Flat bony structure

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Process

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Protrusion of bone, usually named based on shape or adjacent bone

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Condyle

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Specific type of prominence

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Head

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Found on long bone

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Tuberosity

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Large, rounded, rough elevation

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Epicondyle

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Projection above or upon a condyle

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Crest

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Narrow ridge or rough border

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Line

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Small, less obvious ridge

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Arch

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Bridge shaped projection

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Tubercle/eminence

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Small rounded elevation

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Spine

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Blunt or pointed projection

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Notch

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Indentation in the edge of a bone

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Sulcus

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Shallow groove

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Fossa

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Deeper depression

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Foramen

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Window-like opening

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Canal/meatus

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Long, narrow tube-like opening

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Ostium

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Small opening

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Aperture

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Large opening or orifice

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Suture lines

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Relatively immovable joint

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Joints

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Movable