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Bone Features Basic Terms (DMACC)
Basic terminology describing bone features
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/04/2012
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Aditus

 

 Definition
The entrance to a cavity
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Alveolus
 Definition
A deep pit or socket, such as one that holds a tooth
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Condyle
 Definition
A rounded or knuckle-
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Crest
 Definition
A narrow ridge of bone, as at the edge of the flared part of the hip bone
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Eminence
 Definition
A ridge or projection, or rounded prominence, like the rounded portions of the forehead bone.
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Epicondyle
 Definition
A protuberance or prominence above a condyle, as above the condyles at the distal end of the humerus.
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Facet
 Definition
A smooth, flattened articular surface, as in the gliding joints.
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Fissure
 Definition
A narrow slit or cleft between bones, such as the orbital fissure.
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Foramen
 Definition
An oriface for passage of blood vessels and/or nerves
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Fossa
 Definition
A depression or hollow, such as the orbital fossa for the eyeball.
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Head
 Definition
A rounded projection beyond a constricted part or neck, as on the femur.
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Line
 Definition
A ridge of bone less prominent than a crest; usually a site of muscle attachment.
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Meatus or Canal
 Definition
A long tube-like passage, such as the external ear canal
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Process
 Definition
ANY marked bony prominence or projection.
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Sinus or Antrum
 Definition
A cavity within a bone, such as the sinus in the frontal bone.
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Spine
 Definition
A sharp, slender projection, such as the pinous process of a vertebra
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Sulcus
 Definition
A furrow or groove, such as the bicipital groove on the humerus for passage of a tendon.
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Trochanter
 Definition
A large process or muscle attachment, such as the greater trochanter of the femur.
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Trochlea
 Definition
A process shaped like a pulley, a such as the one on the humerus that forms a joint with the ulna.
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Tubercle
 Definition
A small rounded process, such as the tubercle of a rib.
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Tuberosity
 Definition
A large rounded process, such as the ischial tuberosity.
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Frontal bone
 Definition
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Supraorbital foramen
 Definition
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Parietal
 Definition
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Occipital
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Temporal
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Sphenoid
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Ethmoid
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Supraorbital Foramen
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Occipital condyles
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Foramen magnum
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Occipital Condyles
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Mastoid Process
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Styloid Process
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Zygomatic Arch
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External Auditory Meatus
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Carotid Foramen
 Definition
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Jugular Foramen
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Mandibular Fossa
 Definition
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Greater Wings

 

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Lesser Wings
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Sella Turcica
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Optic Foramen
 Definition
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Perpendicular Plate
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Cribriform Plate
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Olfactory Foramina
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Crista Galli
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Superior Conchae
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Middle Conchae
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Nasal Bone
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Maxillae
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Zygomatic (malar)
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Mandible
 Definition
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Lacrimal
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Palantine
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Inferior nasal conchae
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Vomer
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Vomer
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Sagittal Suture
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Coronal Suture
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Squamous Suture
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Lamboidal Suture
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Fetal Skull:

6 Fontanels-

Anterior, Posterior, Anterolateral (2), Posterolateral (2)

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Hyoid
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Vertebral Body
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Vertebral Spinous Process
 Definition
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Vertebral transverse process
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Vertebral lamina
 Definition
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Vertebral pedicle
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Vertebral foramen
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Atlas
 Definition
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Axis
 Definition
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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Lumbar Vertebrae
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Sacral Vertebrae
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Coccygeal Vertebrae
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Transverse Foramen
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Superior Articular Facets
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Dens (Odontoid Process)
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Atlas
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Axis
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