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Human Anatomy lab midterm
Bone Markings
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
10/21/2008

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Term
Five names of openings and depressions for blood vessels and nerves
Definition
1) Fissure
2) Groove
3) Fossa
4) Meatus
5) foramen
Term
Fissure
Definition
narrow opening
Term
Groove
Definition
furrow
Term
Fossa
Definition
shallow depression in a bone
often an articular surface
Term
Meatus
Definition
canal-like passage
Term
foramen
Definition
oval or round opening
Term
8 names of projections where ligaments or muscles attach
Definition
1) tubercle
2) spine
3) process
4) Line
5) tuberosity
6) epicondyle
7) trochanter
8) crest
Term
tubercle
Definition
small rounded projection or process
Term
spine
Definition
slender, sharp projection
Term
process
Definition
prominence or projection
Term
line
Definition
narrow ridge of bone
Term
tuberosity
Definition
large rounded projection
Term
epicondyle
Definition
raised area above a condyle
Term
trochanter
Definition
large, blunt, irregularly shaped processes
(only found on femur)
Term
crest
Definition
prominent, narrow ridge of bone
Term
4 names of projections that help to form joints
Definition
1) facet
2) head
3) ramus
4) condyle
Term
facet
Definition
smooth, almost flat articular surface
Term
head
Definition
bony expansion on a narrow neck
Term
ramus
Definition
armlike bar of bone
Term
condyle
Definition
rounded articular projection
Term
name for a cavity
Definition
antrum
Term
antrum
Definition
chamber within a bone
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