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| narrow ridge of a bone (site of muscle or ligament attachment) |
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| sharp, slender often pointed projection (site of muscle or ligament attachment) |
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| very large, blunt, irregular process (site of muscle or ligament attachment) |
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| large rounded, roughened process (site of muscle of ligament attachment) |
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| small rounded process (site of muscle of ligament attachment) |
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| rounded, articular process (region that forms a joint) |
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| bony expansion above a narrow neck (region that forms a joint) |
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| projection off a bone (region that forms a joint) |
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| line of union between skull bones (region that forms a joint) |
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| round or oval opening through a bone (allow blood vessels or nerves to pass through) |
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| shallow depression in bone, often an articulation site |
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| canal-like opening (allows blood vessels or nerves to pass through) |
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| site where two or more bones come together |
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| soft spot in skull where membranes cover space between bones, found in fetuses and infants |
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