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Bone marking terms
glossary with pictures of bone marking terms
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Anatomy
11th Grade
11/11/2013

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Term
Tuberosity
Definition
1. The quality or condition of being tuberous.
 
2. A projection or protuberance, especially one at the end of a bone for the attachment of a muscle or tendon.
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Term
Tubercle
Definition
1. A small rounded projecting part or outgrowth, such as a wartlike excrescence on the roots of some leguminous plants or a knoblike process in the skin or on a bone.
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Term
Tronchanter
Definition

1. Any of several bony processes on the upper part of the femur of many vertebrates.

2. The second proximal segment of the leg of an insect.
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Term
Facet
Definition
1:  a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone
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Term
Fossa
Definition

A small cavity or depression, as in a bone.

 

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Term
Line
Definition

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

 

 

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Term
Crest
Definition

Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

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Term
Ramus
Definition

Armlike bar of bone

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Term
Meatus
Definition

Canal-like passageway

 

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Term
Notch
Definition

a V shaped cut

 

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Term
Condyle
Definition

Rounded articular projection

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Term
Epichondyle
Definition

Raised area on or above a condyle

 

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Term
Spine
Definition

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

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Term
Process
Definition

Any bony prominence

 

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Term
Head
Definition

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

 

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Term
Sinus
Definition

Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

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Term
Groove
Definition

Furrow

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Term
Fissure
Definition

Narrow, slitlike opening

 

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Term
Foramen
Definition

Round or oval opening through a bone

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