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Anatomy Lab: Vocab Quiz 1 > Vocab Used For The Skelton > Flashcards

Vocab Used For The Skelton Flashcards

0
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Junction of two bones

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Articulation

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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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Alveolus

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2
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Ear-shaped

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Auricular

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3
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Cleft into two parts or branches

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Bifid

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4
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A passageway through a bone

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Canal

Meatus

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5
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A little head

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Capitulum

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6
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A spiral structure like a seashell

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Concha

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A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

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Condyle

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Describing a projection shaped like a crows beak

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Coracoid

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9
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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

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Coronoid

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10
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Associated with or a part of the ribs

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Costal

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A narrow, prominent ridgelike projection

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Crest

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12
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Perforated like a sieve

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Cribriform

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13
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Wedge-shaped

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Cuneiform

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14
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Half of a facet, put of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

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Demifacet

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15
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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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Diaphysis

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16
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An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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Eminence

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17
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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epicondyle

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18
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The end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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19
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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

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Facet

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20
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A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

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Fissure

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21
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A rounded passageway through a bone

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Foramen

22
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A flattened or shallow depression

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Fossa

23
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A small depression

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Fovea

24
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Shaped like a shallow socket

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Glenoid

25
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A prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Head

26
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A gap

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Hiatus

27
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A thin, flat plate

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Lamina

28
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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

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Line

29
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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

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Malleolus

30
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Breast-shaped

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Mastoid

31
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A passageway through a bone

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Meatus

canal

32
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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Neck

33
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An indentation or V-shaped depression

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Notch

34
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Associated with the nape of the neck

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Nuchal

35
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A supporting column or stalk

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Pedicle

36
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Like a rock

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Petrous

37
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A projection; a bony prominence

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Process

38
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A high place

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Promontory

39
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Winglike

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Pterygoid

40
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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

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Ramus

41
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A partition

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Septum

42
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A cavity to hollow space in a bone

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Sinus

43
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A pointed, slender process

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Spine

44
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Flat, scale like

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Squamous

45
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Pointed, pen-like

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Styloid

46
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A narrow groove

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Sulcus

47
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The line of union in an immovable articulation

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Suture

48
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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

49
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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

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Trochlea

50
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A small, round projection

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Tubercle

51
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A large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

52
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Shaped like a sword

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Xiphoid

Anatomy Lab: Vocab Quiz 1 (3 decks)

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