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Skeletal flash card terms
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Anatomy
12th Grade
11/13/2013
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Tuberosity
 Definition
Large rounded or roughened projection.
Term
Tubercle
 Definition
Small rounded projection
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Trochanter
 Definition
very large, blunt projection (only on femur)
Term
Facet
 Definition
Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
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Fossa
 Definition
shallow basin
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Line
 Definition
smaller than a crest
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Crest
 Definition
narrow ridge of bone
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Ramus
 Definition
Armlike bar of bone
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Meatus
 Definition
Canal or tube
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Epicondyle
 Definition
Raised area on or above condyle
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Spine
 Definition
Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
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Process
 Definition
Any bony prominence
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Head
 Definition
Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Condyle
 Definition
Rounded articular projection
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Sinus
 Definition
Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucus membrane
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Groove
 Definition
Furrow
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Fissure
 Definition
Narrow, slitlike opening
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Foramen
 Definition
Rounded or oval opening through a bone
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