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Chapter 5: Bone Terminology
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Undergraduate 1
10/01/2012
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Term
round hole
 Definition
foramen
Term
slit-like hole
 Definition
fissure
Term
tube-like hole
 Definition
canal/meatus
Term
hollow space
 Definition
cavity/sinus
Term
large ridge on bone
 Definition
crest
Term
thin ridge on bone
 Definition
line
Term
large projection on bone
 Definition

trochanter/

tuberosity/

malleolus
Term
small projection on bone
 Definition
tubercle/process
Term
pointy projection on bone
 Definition
spinous/styloid process
Term
small depression on bone
 Definition
fovea
Term
large, deep depression on bone
 Definition
fossa
Term
moon-shaped depression on bone
 Definition
notch
Term
rounded diarthrosis (moveable) joint/area
 Definition
condyle/head
Term
flat (moveable) joint/area
 Definition
facet
Term
suture
 Definition
two bones of skull come together
Term
sagittal suture
 Definition
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Term
coronal suture
 Definition
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Term
lamboidal suture
 Definition
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Term
paranasal sinuses (4)
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Term

4 sphenoid bone wings

(medial, lateral, lesser, greater)

 Definition
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Term
external auditory meatus on temporal bone
 Definition
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Term
mastoid process
 Definition
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Term
styloid process
 Definition
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Term
petrous portion
 Definition
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Term
condyles
 Definition

joint with atlas (1st vertebrae) and foramen magnum (spinal cord)

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Term
ethmoid: perpendicular plate
 Definition
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Term
ethmoid parts
 Definition

plus superior chroncha

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