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Bone Surface Markings
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Anatomy
11th Grade
12/07/2011

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Fissure[image]
Definition
  • Narrow slit between bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass
  • Think of Ice fishing... and the little cracks!

 

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Foramen

 

Definition
  • Opening through which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass
  • For a man.... things are bigger, and these do the same thing as fissures, but these are bigger!
Term
Fossa[image]
Definition
  • A shallow depression
  •  also an animal, and animals drink out of shallow depressions in the ground
Term
Sulcus
Definition
  • a furrow along the surface of the bone that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon.
Term
Meatus 
Definition
  • tube like opening
  • think of your ear! like the tunnel that sound travels through
Term
Condyle[image]
Definition
  • Forms joints, large, round protuberance at the end of a bone!
Term
Facet
Definition
  • form joints, in your spine!
  • smooth, flat articular surfaces
Term
Head[image]
Definition
  • round articular projection supported by the neck of the bone.
Term
Crest
Definition
  • prominent ridge or elongated projection 
Term
Epicondyle
Definition
  • not just any old condyle... this is an EPIcondyle, a projection above a condyle! try to stay in your seats folks
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Line
Definition
  • a long, narrow ridge or border. This is like a crest but less prominent.  
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Spinous Process[image]
Definition
  •  Sharp, slender projection on the spine!
Term
Trochanter
Definition
  • very LARGE projection, the greater trochanter is on the femur
Term
Tubercle
Definition
  • a small, rounded projection
  • on the humerous, it's a joke compared to the greater trochanter 
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Tuberosity
Definition
  • a large, rounded, usually roughened projection
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