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General Term for any prominence
Example: Aveolar Process |
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An oval prominence usally involved in joints
Example: Mandibular Condyle |
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large and oftem rough prominence
Example: Maxillary tuberocity
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shaped like a bridge with a bowlike outline
Example: Zygomatic Arch |
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Horn-like prominence
Examples: hyoid, coccyx |
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rounded evaluation on bony surface
Example: genial tubercles |
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prominent, often roughened border or ridge
Example: external oblique line |
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Small stright ridge
Example: mylohyoid line |
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Small stright ridge
Example: mylohyoid line |
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abrupt prominence that may be blunt or sharply pointed
Example: lingula |
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An indentation at the edge of the bone
Example: Coronoid notch |
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| A shallow depression or groove |
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A deeper depression
Example: Temporal Fossa |
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| An area where bones are joint to each other |
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site of a junction between two or more bones
Example: TMJ |
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Union of bones by fibrous tissue; Immovable
Example: Cranial sutures |
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A short window-like opening
Example: Mandibular foramen |
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A long, narow, tube-like opening
Example: Mandibular canal |
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Type of canal
Example: External auditory meatus |
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Narrow, cleft-like opening
Example: superior orbital fissure |
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| a small opening, especially as an entrance to a hallow organ or canal |
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