Week 2 Flashcards
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What is an example of the slightest type of osseous linear elevation?
Transverse lines of sternum
What are the types of rounded osseous elevations?
Tubercle, protuberance, trochanter, tuber or tuberosity, and malleolus
What is the definition of an osseous malleolus?
A hammerhead like elevation on the surface of bone
What are the categories of sharp osseous elevations?
Spine and process
What are consistent examples of sesamoid bones?
Patella and pisiform
What are the Types of osseous linear elevations?
The line, ridge, crest
What is an example of the slightest type of osseous linear elevation
Transverse lines of sternum
What is the definition of the osseous elevation called spine?
A thorn like elevation from the surface of bone
What is the definition of an osseous process?
A relatively sharp bony projection from the surface of bone with an increased length
What are the categories of osseous depressions?
Linear and rounded depressions
What are the categories of osseous linear depressions?
Notch or incisure, groove and sulcus
What is the definition of an osseous groove?
A long furrow of variable depth on the surface of bone
What is the definition of an osseous sulcus?
a wide groove of variable length and depth on the surface of bone
what are the categories of rounded osseous depresions?
the fovea and fossa
what is the definition of an osseous fovea?
a shallow depression of various circumference on the surface of bone
what is the definition of an osseous fossa?
a deep depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone
what are the names given to openings on the surface of bone?
ostium or orifice and hiatus
what is the definition of an osseous hiatus?
an irregular opening on the surface of bone
What are the names given to osseous Ostia which completely penetrate bone?
Foramen or canal
What is the definition of an osseous foramen?
An ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone
What is the definition of an osseous canal?
An ostium passing completely through a thick region of bone
What is the name of an ostium that doesn’t completely penetrate through a region of bone but appears as a blind ended passageway?
Meatus
What is an additional example of an opening in bone?
Fissure
What are the categories of osseous facets?
Flat facets and rounded facets